AI Software Product Engineer Job Listing at AMD in Shanghai (Job ID 84220-en-us)

Description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING 

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you'll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.  Together, we advance your career.  

THE ROLE:

“AI SW Applications Engineer (GPU AI SW Developer Enablement) – China” position is in the AMD AI group, located in China.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Developer enablement with leading open‑source communities and AI frameworks, including PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, Unsloth, PaddlePaddle, Mooncake, TileLang, LangChain, VERL, and LLaMA‑Factory, across both training and inference workflows.
• Strong experience with LLMs and Generative AI, including transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, MoE models, and end‑to‑end AI pipelines.
• Solid understanding of GPU‑accelerated computing; familiarity with the ROCm AI software stack is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with open‑source software communities to drive developer enablement and ecosystem activities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate architectural proposals, technical trade‑offs, and value propositions to diverse stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.

THE PERSON:

Drive AMD's AI software developer ecosystem by shaping requirements, driving open‑source and internal collaboration, and enabling developer and customer success across cloud, client, and edge AI deployments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Capture and prioritize developer and customer requirements to shape AMD's AI software feature planning and solutions roadmap.
• Lead and contribute to collaboration with AI open‑source projects, strengthening the developer community and broader ecosystem.
• Partner with internal AI software engineering teams to drive developer enablement through performance optimization, OSS contributions, Discord/GitHub support, AI Academy initiatives, solutions, reference designs, blogs, tutorials, and user guides.
• Work closely with internal AI software teams to ensure the success of AI developers, communities, and customer proof‑of‑concepts (PoCs).
• Provide actionable feedback and requirements for AI software across cloud, client, and edge deployments.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• List any desired degrees, certifications, etc.
• Use the words preferred or desired, instead of required

LOCATION:

Shanghai/Shenzhen/Beijing

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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.