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, by designing and implementing automated performance optimization loops—agents that profile workloads, generate hypotheses, tune kernels and configurations, and push improvements into production with minimal human intervention.
Requirements
- Strong background in GPU performance engineering and systems: Experience profiling and optimizing deep learning workloads on modern accelerators.
- Familiarity with ROCm, CUDA/HIP, Triton, or similar low-level stacks.
- Experience building automation or optimization systems, such as: Auto-tuning frameworks (e.g., TVM, auto-scheduler, Triton autotune).
- Familiarity with LLM/agent tooling: Orchestration frameworks, tool-calling, and structured logging for agents.
- Strong software engineering skills in Python and at least one of C++/Rust/Go.
- Experience with distributed training/inference and scaling across multi-GPU, multi-node clusters.
- Comfort working cross-functionally with: Framework and compiler teams. Infra/SRE and benchmarking teams. Customer-facing solution engineers.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain automation that continuously profiles and improves workload performance.
- Implement safe, data‑driven tuning of configurations and kernels to achieve measurable gains.
- Detect and triage performance regressions; ensure changes are validated in CI.
- Integrate with existing profiling, compiler, and build/test tooling.
- Produce clear reports and dashboards to communicate results to stakeholders.
- Create reusable tools and interfaces that teams can adopt with minimal effort.
- Partner across teams to prioritize, land, and maintain performance improvements.
Other
- B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
- San Jose, CA preferred. May be open to considering other US based locations.
- AMD benefits at a glance.
- 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.
- AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
