# Principal CPU Software Architect

We are now looking for a CPU System Software Architect! Do you want to be a part of the Artificial Intelligence Revolution? Would you like to work with world-class systems architects and deep learning professionals to define the next generation CPUs and System on Chips? NVIDIA is developing processor and system architectures that are at the forefront of accelerating agentic AI, building data centers, and enabling other high-performance computing applications. We are architecting the most advanced CPUs and SoC's in the world for these applications and are looking for software architects to join our effort. In this position, you will have the opportunity to work with teams to maximize the potential of our SoC products, bringing together NVIDIA CPUs, GPUs, custom processors and accelerators. Your role will be cross disciplinary, collaborating with industry partners, customers, internal architects, software, ASIC design, verification, and platform teams. Our software architects excel at pushing the state of the art, while making the best engineering trade-offs. What you’ll be doing: Collaborate with Hardware and Software Engineers to craft the next generation CPUs and SoCs Bring a dee

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- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Santa Clara, United States, Austin, United States, Durham, United States, Boulder, United States, Redmond, United States
- **Countries**: US
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- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T18:12:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 151
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- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, Servers & Data Center Hardware, Computer Components, AI Chips & Accelerators

## Company

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- **Name**: NVIDIA
- **Domain**: nvidia.com
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- **Size band**: 5000+
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- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

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- **Time to fill p50 days**: 42
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 272000
- **Max**: 431250
- **Currency**: USD
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## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
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## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-03T09:23:42Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-03T21:39:09Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-09T23:50:51Z

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- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2,856 · green card filings: 799; Filings 12m: 2856

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## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 431250
- **Is top pay**: yes

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