Technical Lead – DevOps & Source Control Engineering Job Listing at AMD in Markham, ON (Job ID 75781-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: 

AMD is looking for a Technical Lead with strong experience in DevOps, CI/CD, and modern source control practices. This role will provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, guiding the evolution of our development infrastructure, automation frameworks, and version control ecosystems.

You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists, driving strategic improvements, modernization, and best practices across our DevOps and developer productivity landscape.

THE PERSON: 

The ideal candidate thrives in building and modernizing engineering platforms, bringing strong expertise in source control, automation, and CI/CD pipeline design. This person can confidently lead large scale projects, such as a major codebase migration effort while also shaping the long-term DevOps strategy—ensuring development tooling, workflows, and platforms continue to evolve and scale with the needs of the organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Serve as a subject matter expert in version control, build pipelines, and release engineering.
• Lead strategic improvements to source control architecture—including branching models, governance, automation, and best practices.
• Drive end-to-end planning and execution of multi-phase engineering initiatives, including scope definition, dependency mapping, risk management, and delivery milestones.
• Provide architectural direction and hands-on expertise for developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines across a variety of technologies and environments. 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Strong knowledge of Git, GitHub, and modern development workflows. Hands-on experience with Perforce or other enterprise-scale source control systems is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar).
• Experience designing developer platforms, build systems, or internal tools at scale.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical programs and influence across teams.
• Skilled in creating and maintaining detailed project artifacts such as technical specifications, migration plans, RACI matrices, and risk logs.
• Demonstrated track record of improving operational processes, workflows, or organizational efficiency through structured program leadership.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both deeply technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong communication skills, with experience driving alignment among diverse engineering stakeholders.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent 
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, source control systems, or build/release engineering.

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