Principal Software Development Engineer Job Listing at AMD in Waterloo, ON (Job ID 97855-en-us)

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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.

PMTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 

THE ROLE: 

AMD is looking for a strategic software engineering lead who is passionate about improving the performance of machine learning models on AMD GPUs. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists. The team optimizes ML inference and training workloads across the ROCm software stack, from frameworks like PyTorch, vLLM, and llama.cpp down to ROCm libraries and GPU kernels. You will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.

THE PERSON: 

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and performance optimization, and have the leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. They should be comfortable working across multiple layers of the software stack in both Python and C++. They should be able to communicate effectively and work well with different teams across AMD and with open-source communities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Analyze and optimize the performance of ML models running on AMD GPUs with the ROCm stack
• Optimize code across multiple software layers, including PyTorch, vLLM, llama.cpp, and ROCm libraries, in both Python and C++
• Work with AMD's architecture specialists to improve future products
• Apply a data-driven approach, using profiling and benchmarking, to target optimization efforts
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially in ML models, algorithms, and GPU architecture
• Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies
• Participate in new ASIC and hardware bring-ups
• Debug and fix existing issues, and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
• Contribute to upstream open-source projects and develop technical relationships with peers, partners, and open-source communities
• Share AI-assisted workflows and best practices across the team to raise overall engineering productivity
• Critically evaluate AI-generated code and analysis for correctness and performance before relying on it

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Strong programming background, C/C++ and Python preferred 

• Experience with ML frameworks and inference engines such as PyTorch, vLLM, or llama.cpp
• Experience with GPU programming (HIP, CUDA, or Triton) and performance optimization is a plus
• Ability to write high-quality code with keen attention to detail
• Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
• Experience with Linux development
• Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub), and profilers
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills
• Motivating leader with good interpersonal skills

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent 

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.