Senior System Software Engineer

About this role

For more than two decades, NVIDIA has pioneered visual computing, the art and science of computer graphics. With a rare focus on this field, we offer specialized platforms for the gaming, professional visualization, data center and automotive markets. Our work is at the center of the most consequential mega-trends in technology - virtual reality, artificial intelligence and self-driving - and there has never been a more exciting time to join our team.

Among other internal services, we develop and operate a globally distributed data storage and auth services based on microservice architecture. We’re looking for a new team member who will help us to improve our auth and storage systems, creating new microservices, improving existing ones, doing regression, stress and performance testing.

What you'll be doing:

• Participate in architecture design process of our distributed backend systems
• Maintain and improve existing authentication and authorization microservices along with developing new ones (OCaml / Rust)
• Connect with customers and provide technical support for APIs and client use cases
• Improve unit and integration tests coverage
• Participate in code review process

What we need to see:

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience, ideally in the area of system programming
• Experience with programming and debugging skills in Linux environment
• Deep understanding of HTTP and REST or other HTTP-based RPC protocols, e.g: Twirp or gRPC
• Experience with multi-threaded and asynchronous network programming concepts and frameworks (NodeJS, Akka, Tornado, Erlang/OTP, Rust/Tower)
• Strong habit to verify and document your work
• Understanding deployment process and networking in Kubernetes
• Excellent communication skills in verbal and written technical English, ability to present the current status and final project deliveries

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Hands-on experience...