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MTS Software Development Engineer
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Designs and optimizes the AI software stack from GPU kernels to distributed systems, advancing the AMD ROCm ecosystem and enabling large foundation models and AI agents on AMD hardware.
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At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.
Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.
Job Role and Responsibility: AMD, Inc. is hiring MTS Software Development Eng. to Architect and drive the AI Software Stack by establishing best practices and optimizing performance from the lowest-level GPU kernels to large-scale distributed systems, shaping the foundational software for AMD hardware. Leverage cutting-edge Large Language Models (LLMs) and agent-based technologies to accelerate the development and performance enhancement of the AMD ROCm ecosystem, ensuring it remains at the forefront of AI innovation. Directly accelerate cutting-edge applications such as foundation models (LLMs) and autonomous AI agents, ensuring AMD is the platform of choice for the most demanding workloads. Contribute to the entire co-design lifecycle, from influencing future GPU architectures to developing groundbreaking software for new accelerators and collaborating with the broader AI community.
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Travel required: NO
Qualifications: Degree required
Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
Qualifications: Amount and type of experience required: Three (3) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
Alternate combination of education and experience: Employer will alternatively accept a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field and five (5) years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
Specific skills required: The following skills are required:
Position requires two (2) years of experience in the following:
- Software development experience in performance-critical environments;
- Deep learning model architectures, such as natural language processing models, recommendation models, computer vision models, or other modern AI systems;
- Optimizing the inference pipelines of deep learning models;
- Modern C++ and Object-Oriented Design;
- GPU programming (HIP or CUDA) and optimizing deep learning kernels and operators; and
- GPU architecture, memory hierarchy, and GPU profiling or performance analysis tools to diagnose and resolve complex bottlenecks in distributed, multi-GPU systems.
Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.
AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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