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 296 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of NVIDIA employees being 4.4 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 296 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.2% better 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?

94% 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 3.9 rating for work-life-balance, 4.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.6 rating for culture and values and 4.4 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NVIDIA?

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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 519 reviews)); "People are great and friendly." ((in 446 reviews)); "Good work life balance and grow ing" ((in 334 reviews)); "good benefits and very considerate" ((in 321 reviews)); "good work culture and policies" ((in 302 reviews))

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

"Bad manager he was mean!" ((in 118 reviews)); "Sometimes you have to work long hours and not very well compensated." ((in 60 reviews)); "Sometimes work life balance can go for toss" ((in 39 reviews)); "Incompetent middle management" ((in 13 reviews)); "Favoritism is big time." ((in 11 reviews))

NVIDIA Senior Software Developer reviews

4.5

94% would recommend to a friend

(296 total reviews)

Jensen Huang

97% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

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Senior Software Developer employees have rated NVIDIA with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 296 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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296 reviews

5.0

Sep 21, 2019

Great company to work for with top-notch benefits

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You have the opportunity to work on best in class products that are solving real world problems. You're working with other talented engineers that keep the work efficient and agile. Every engineer gets a change to influence change in the products or software shipped to customers. Despite the size of the company many aspects are similar to working for a startup.

Cons

Long hours are not unusual, but employees can typically set their own work/life balance expectations.

4.0

Sep 20, 2019

Interesting Work & Good People, meh progression

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Top CEO. Parties at high house if you are lucky. - High work quality. Interesting projects. - Good people. - Decent food. - Reasonable work-life balance for the bay area. People take vacation. Paternity leave for 6 weeks, etc.

Cons

- Slow progression of total compensation: base raises, RSUs, promotions - Performance reviews only once per year, poor for morale and sync with management

5.0

Sep 20, 2019

Fast-paced, innovative, little hierarchy

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get tons of autonomy and ownership. Fast-paced work environment. Learn a lot, very quickly. Feeling of contributing to real and important projects and to the success of the company. Very smart colleagues.

Cons

Lack of hierarchy can seem chaotic at times and sometimes requires one to step-up and lead.

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