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ADVANCE THE WORLD. \nAt AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future. \n\nWhether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.\n THE ROLE: \nAMD is looking for a principal software developer 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 feature enhancements via maintainable code development, optimizations/tuning, and collaboration.\n\nTHE PERSON: \nThe successful candidate would possess excellent software skills in C/C++, Python and has expert understanding of software performance and computer architecture. Must have strong desire and ability to solve problems, and be able to schedule, and work on tasks independently. Should be a great team player with excellent communication skills.\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES: \nDevelop software in C++, Python, HIP, assembly, and SOTA programming technologies to enable key mathematical operations on GPU\nDesign GPU computational software libraries for AI, HPC applications\nAid management in planning, and delivering industry-leading software for current and future processors\nSupervise small development team\nCarry-out performance optimizations and projections for important use-cases to maximize hardware utilization\nSupport development of programs to sustain seamless performance analysis, and performance/functional test coverage\nIdentify and help resolve quality issues working closely with libraries development teams and other internal engineering teams\n\nPREFERRED EXPERIENCE: \n10+ years professional software development experience\nDemonstrated capacity to technically lead and people manage junior to mid-level developers\nProficient in C/C++ & Python programming employing best software design practices\nGPU software development or validation involving HIP, CUDA, or OpenCL\nExperience with software libraries and API design\nExposure to Matrix/Tensor operations and numerical work\nSoftware emulation to support FP numerical formats is a plus\nExperience in software performance estimations, optimizations and debugging\nAbility to closely interact with technical leads, developers, and test teams to maintain and release production software\n\nACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: \nMaster’s or Doctoral degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent \n\nLOCATION: Austin, TX\n\n#LI-JG1\n\n Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.\n\nAMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. 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