Principal GPU Performance Engineer - Artificial Intelligence Job Listing at AMD in Austin, TX (Job ID 71243-en-us)

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THE ROLE: 

We are seeking a GPU Performance Engineer to optimize AI training workloads and guide the evolution of next-generation AMD Instinct GPU architectures. In this role, you will work across the software and hardware stack to profile, analyze, and improve the efficiency of training foundation models on large-scale GPU clusters. You will collaborate with framework developers, distributed systems engineers, and hardware architects to ensure our GPUs deliver industry-leading training performance today while shaping the designs of tomorrow.

THE PERSON: 

We value curiosity and innovation, and we're committed to providing a challenging and supportive environment where you can learn and grow. As you collaborate with your peers, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact and contribute to our organization's success.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Profile and optimize large-scale AI training workloads (transformers, multimodal, diffusion, recommender systems) across multi-node, multi-GPU clusters.
• Identify bottlenecks in compute, memory, interconnects, and communication libraries (NCCL/RCCL, MPI), and deliver optimizations to maximize scaling efficiency.
• Collaborate with compiler/runtime teams to improve kernel performance, scheduling, and memory utilization.
• Develop and maintain benchmarks and traces representative of foundation model training workloads.
• Provide performance insights to AMD Instinct GPU architecture teams, informing hardware/software co-design decisions for future architectures.
• Partner with framework teams (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow) to upstream performance improvements and enable better scaling APIs.
• Present findings to cross-functional teams and leadership, shaping both software and hardware roadmaps.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Strong expertise in GPU tuning and optimization (CUDA, ROCm, or equivalent).
• Understanding of GPU microarchitecture (execution units, memory hierarchy, interconnects, warp scheduling).
• Hands-on experience with distributed training frameworks and communication libraries (e.g., PyTorch DDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM, NCCL/RCCL, MPI).
• Advanced Linux OS, container (e.g. Docker) and GitHub skills
• Proficiency in Python or C++ for performance-critical development.
• Familiarity with large-scale AI training infrastructure (NVLink, InfiniBand, PCIe, cloud/HPC clusters).
• Experience in benchmarking methodologies, performance analysis/profiling (e.g. Nsight), performance monitoring tools.
• Experience scaling training to thousands of GPUs for foundation models a plus.
• Strong track record of optimizing large-scale AI systems in cloud or HPC environments is desired.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

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