Director Software Development, Gaming

Advanced Micro Devices; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 182,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Developer Technology Engineering Director in Markham, ON. This role focuses on leading teams servicing game developers, optimizing recent technology, and driving top performance. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in game engine development and team management, with a passion for game development and talent development.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Inclusive work culture

Qualifications

• Strong technical expertise in game engine development and optimization.
• Proven success in managing engineering teams in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent collaborator across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Define vision and strategy for technical initiatives within the team.
• Recruit, retain, and coach engineering talent.
• Drive continuous improvement in processes and execution efficiency.

Skills

Game engine development

Graphics rendering

Team management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Overview

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

The AMD Game Engineering team partners closely with external game developers and publishers to deliver some of the best gaming experiences globally. We empower developers to fully harness the power of AMD’s cutting-edge CPU, APU, and GPU hardware pushing the boundaries of gaming graphics and performance.

As the Developer Technology Engineering Director, you will lead a core team of highly skilled industry specialists, collaborating with game development studios on the latest hardware and software technologies. You will be instrumental in driving feature adoption, performance optimization, and stability improvements for future AAA game titles across AMD platforms.

The Person

• Hands-on leader with strong technical expertise in game engine development and optimization, especially graphics rendering.
• Proven success managing and scaling engineering teams in fast-paced, matrixed, and global environments.
• Passionate about game development, talent development, and driving engineering excellence.
• Excellent communicator capable of collaborating effectively across diverse teams.
• Motivated by challenging problems and committed to delivering world-class results.

Key Responsibilities

• Define vision and strategy for your group’s technical initiatives. Work closely with your teams, account managers, program managers, and game developers to develop and foster community mindshare
• Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products, both software and hardware.
• Prioritize work efforts to ensure development and verification/QA teams stay focused on the key deliverables supporting technology inflection points and product launches.
• Recruit, retain, and coach individuals to scale up engineering teams.
• Create an inclusive culture mentoring your teams to consistently deliver commitments and foster innovation that advances the state-of-the-art game rendering, compute, and multithreading technologies.
• Drive continuous improvement in development processes, resource allocation, and execution efficiency within your teams, and collaborate with peers across AMD to scale processes to support a rapidly changing and growing business.
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture.

Preferred Experience

• Track record of delivering complex software products through full hardware/software lifecycle.
• Experience leading software optimization teams where performance and stability are paramount.
• Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs.
• Strong graphics code optimization skills, in particular shader code optimizations.
• Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus.
• QA experience, especially using ML based techniques for automation, is a plus
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills.

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc., B.Eng.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related fields. Focus in computer graphics is a plus.
• Advanced degrees (M.Sc., M.Eng., Ph.D.) in the above fields are a plus.

Location

• Flexible on the hiring location for the right candidate, Markham, ONT Canada, Austin, TX, Santa Clara, CA, Boxborough, MA

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