Sr. Software Development Engineer

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 senior software engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor you will be part of a leading team to drive and enhance AMD's abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market.   

THE PERSON: 

The ideal candidate possesses an innovative and problem-solving mindset, has a keen eye for Software engineering development, and is diligent and passionate about Technology. A successful candidate will need to employ strong knowledge in computer technologies, leadership skills in technical areas, and SW engineering expertise as well as a strong ability to compete effectively in a fast-paced, relevant environment while working with different teams of engineers and collaborators.

You will work on evaluating and prototyping cutting-edge solutions to implicit neural representations, and distributed training and inference techniques on next-gen AMD accelerators. You will be encouraged to explore emerging techniques and supported in implementing proof-of-concepts. You will be part of a group whose mandate is to research, prototype, and architect solutions for GPU compute & graphics and machine learning. Hence, you will get considerable support from experts in the various fields that are necessary to tackle interdisciplinary research topics surrounding distributed training and inference with deep neural networks.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Study state-of-the-art techniques for distributed machine learning training and inference, and implicit neural representations of images or videos
• Evaluate software and hardware implementation aspects of these techniques and document findings
• Identify/propose a set of techniques that are appropriate for AMD's diverse HW/SW ecosystem.
• You will be encouraged to publish the non-confidential aspects of novel technique(s) in tier-1 conferences/journals
• Develop and drive execution of comprehensive, highly effective software for sophisticated new technology and new product introduction projects 
• Validate new SW features before releasing them to customers 
• Contribute to a high-functioning feature team 
• Collaborate closely with multiple teams to deliver key planning solutions and the technology to support them 
• Help contribute to the design and implementation of future architecture for a highly scalable, durable, and innovative system 
• Work very closely with dev teams and Project Managers to drive results  

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Expert knowledge and hands-on experience in C, C++ 
• Expeirence with Python and machine learning frameworks
• Ideally with prior software internship and/or machine learning research experience
• Solid understanding of object-oriented-design principles 
• Solid understanding of Software Engineering principles, Data structure, algorithms, Operating Systems concepts and multithread programming 
• Excellent design and code development skills, familiarity with Linux and modern software tools and techniques for development 
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or Ph.D in Computer/Software/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.