Lead GPU Software Developer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming, and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives.

THE ROLE:

AMD is looking for a lead software engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor, you will be part of our ROCm GPU-compute mathematical libraries team working on innovative hardware and software technologies. You will help deliver exceptional performance and related feature enhancements via maintainable code and testing development, optimizations/tuning, and collaboration.

THE PERSON:

The successful candidate would possess excellent software skills in C/C++, modern object-oriented development and has expert understanding of software performance and computer architecture. Must have strong desire to learn and ability to solve problems, and be able to plan, schedule, and work on tasks independently. Should be a great team player with excellent tactful communication skills.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Develop portable software in C++, and HIP to enable key mathematical operations on GPU
2. Design GPU computational software libraries for AI, HPC applications
3. Aid management in planning, and delivering industry-leading software for current and future processors
4. Carry-out performance optimizations and projections for important use-cases to maximize hardware utilization
5. Support development of programs to sustain seamless performance analysis, and performance/functional test coverage
6. Identify and help resolve quality issues working closely with libraries development teams and other internal engineering teams
7. Maintain code modules to support evolving compiler and hardware features

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

1. 7+ years professional software development experience
2. Demonstrated capacity to technically lead junior to mid-level developers
3. Proficient in C/C++ and object-oriented programming employing best software design practices
4. GPU software development or validation involving HIP, CUDA, or OpenCL
5. Demonstrated familiarity with compilers and analysis of assembly code
6. Experience with agile software development practices
7. Experience in software performance estimations, optimizations, and debugging
8. Ability to closely interact with technical leads, program managers, and test teams to maintain and release production software

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

1. Master’s or Doctoral degree in Computer/Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline

LOCATION: Calgary, AB

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