Is NVIDIA a good company to work for as a Senior Software Developer?

Senior Software Developer professionals working at NVIDIA have rated their employer with 4.5 out of 5 stars in 256 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of NVIDIA employees being 4.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Developer Jobs at NVIDIA now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Developer interview questions at NVIDIA .

Does NVIDIA pay Senior Software Developer employees well?

Senior Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at NVIDIA with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 256 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.2% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Developer salaries at NVIDIA.

How happy are Senior Software Developer professionals working at NVIDIA?

95% of Senior Software Developer employees at NVIDIA would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 5% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Developer professionals have also rated NVIDIA with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.8 rating for culture and values and 4.5 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NVIDIA?

Software Engineer (457) , Senior Software Engineer (292) , Systems Software Engineer (149) , Intern (131) , ASIC Engineer (122) , Process Executive (114) , Senior Systems Software Engineer (93) , Hardware Engineer (87) , Senior Hardware Engineer (69) , Senior Engineer (61) , Engineer (60) , Senior ASIC Design Engineer (60) , Senior ASIC Engineer (59) , System Software Engineer (59) , Verification Engineer (48)

What are the pros of working at NVIDIA according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture around designing the highest performance products based on what can be done verses what is "good enough"." ((in 530 reviews)); "People are great and friendly." ((in 437 reviews)); "Pay and work life balance is good" ((in 335 reviews)); "good benefits and very considerate" ((in 322 reviews)); "good work culture and policies" ((in 307 reviews))

What are the cons of working at NVIDIA according to real employee reviews?

"Bad manager he was mean!" ((in 122 reviews)); "Sometimes you have to work long hours and not very well compensated." ((in 59 reviews)); "Sometimes work life balance can be hard to maintain" ((in 39 reviews)); "Incompetent middle management" ((in 14 reviews)); "No room for growth due to favoritism of certain employees" ((in 11 reviews))

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4.5

95% would recommend to a friend

(256 total reviews)

Jensen Huang

95% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.8

Culture & values

4.6

Diversity & inclusion

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.5

Career opportunities

4.3

Senior management

4.1

Work/Life balance

Senior Software Developer employees have rated NVIDIA with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 256 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. NVIDIA is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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256 reviews

4.0

Jul 1, 2025

Good company, good compensation, but can be chaotic

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits Pay is very competitive Many opportunities to learn/ upskill Likeable/Strong CEO in Jensen

Cons

Access to resources internally can be convoluted/ unclear Different startups recently/less recently acquired can make environment chaotic

4.0

May 30, 2025

Good Comp

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is good here, Hybrid

Cons

WLB is not that great

5.0

May 22, 2025

Solid Company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good work life balance flexible remote work interesting R&D areas abundance of GPU compute Jensens cool switch 2 in our employee store

Cons

no SF office working on an international remote team can be isolating

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