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Job Summary:
AMD is a company dedicated to building products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences. They are seeking a Principal Software Developer to contribute to their ROCm GPU-compute mathematical libraries team, focusing on software development for GPU technologies and leading a small development team.
Responsibilities:
• Develop software in C++, Python, HIP, assembly, and SOTA programming technologies to enable key mathematical operations on GPU
• Design GPU computational software libraries for AI, HPC applications
• Aid management in planning, and delivering industry-leading software for current and future processors
• Supervise small development team
• Carry-out performance optimizations and projections for important use-cases to maximize hardware utilization
• Support development of programs to sustain seamless performance analysis, and performance/functional test coverage
• Identify and help resolve quality issues working closely with libraries development teams and other internal engineering teams
• Provide technical leadership for GPU architecture decisions with direct impact on multi‑ASIC platforms, interconnects, memory systems, and scalability.
• Define and lead bring‑up strategies for new GPU platforms, including strategies spanning multiple ASICs.
• Drive hardware/software interface definition, ensuring architecture choices support and reflect the drive towards performance and quality.
• Act as a technical escalation point during early silicon bring‑up, debugging complex cross‑layer issues spanning hardware, firmware, and software.
• Work across architecture, design, verification, drivers, performance libraries, and product teams to ensure alignment.
• Capture lessons learned from new product bring‑up and translate them into reusable architecture patterns, best practices, and documentation.
• Leverages AI‑assisted software development tools to accelerate the design, implementation, review, and documentation of complex software libraries.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Excellent software skills in C/C++, Python
• Expert understanding of software performance and computer architecture
• Strong desire and ability to solve problems
• Ability to schedule and work on tasks independently
• Great team player with excellent communication skills
Preferred:
• 10+ years professional software development experience
• Demonstrated capacity to technically lead and people manage junior to mid-level developers
• Proficient in C/C++ & Python programming employing best software design practices
• GPU software development or validation involving HIP, CUDA, or OpenCL
• Experience with software libraries and API design
• Exposure to Matrix/Tensor operations and numerical work
• Software emulation to support FP numerical formats is a plus
• Experience in software performance estimations, optimizations and debugging
• Ability to closely interact with technical leads, developers, and test teams to maintain and release production software
• Deep experience in GPU, accelerator, or SoC architecture, including memory systems, interconnects, and scalability considerations
• Strong background in systems software, firmware, drivers, or performance software used to enable new silicon
• Proven experience in hardware/software co‑design, including defining interfaces and debugging cross‑layer issues
• Hands‑on programming experience in C/C++ and Python
• Familiarity with low‑level debugging tools and workflows
• Experience working with performance modeling, simulators, or early validation infrastructure
• Applied experience using AI‑assisted coding tools in professional software engineering workflows, including code generation, refactoring, test creation, documentation, and design exploration
• Advanced degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
• Advanced degrees, such as M.Sc., M.Eng., Ph.D. are preferred
Company:
Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions. Founded in 1969, the company is headquartered in Santa Clara, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.