Software Development Engineer - PyTorch

Advanced Micro Devices; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in York Region is seeking a skilled Software Development Engineer for its AI Frameworks team. You'll work on optimizing PyTorch for AMD GPUs, contributing to impactful projects in deep learning. The ideal candidate is proficient in C++ and Python, with a strong background in AI development and problem-solving skills. This position offers the chance to collaborate with experienced engineers and enhance your career in a forward-thinking environment, with competitive benefits and a culture of innovation.

Benefits

AMD benefits at a glance

Qualifications

• Strong technical foundation in AI development using C++/Python.
• Experience in optimization of Deep Learning models on GPUs.
• Proficiency in modern software practices and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Optimize Deep Learning models on AMD GPUs for high performance.
• Enhance PyTorch and its ecosystems on AMD GPUs.
• Collaborate with open-source maintainers for AMD contributions.

Skills

C++

Python

AI development

Linux

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

CUDA

HIP

GitHub

Job description

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:

Join AMD’s AI Frameworks team as a Software Development Engineer working on PyTorch, one of the most widely used open-source deep learning frameworks. In this role, you’ll help optimize and extend PyTorch for AMD GPUs, contributing to core libraries like Torch, Torchvision, Torchaudio, and Triton. This is a great opportunity to work alongside experienced engineers on cutting-edge hardware and play a key role in advancing AI model performance across vision, NLP, and audio applications.

THE PERSON:

Our team is seeking a highly skilled and motivated senior developer with a strong technical foundation in C++/Python AI development in Linux environment. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong analytical abilities, excelling both as a collaborative team member and as an independent contributor capable of defining goals, scoping work and leading development efforts end to end.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Model Development and Optimization: Optimization of Deep Learning models on AMD GPUs, ensuring high performance and scalability across training and inference workloads.
• Framework Enablement: Enhancing PyTorch and its ecosystems on AMD GPUs, contributing performance-critical improvements to upstream open-source repositories.
• Open-Source Integration: Engage directly with PyTorch and other open-source maintainers to align on requirements, propose enhancements and ensure AMD contributions are successfully adopted and maintained upstream.
• Community Feature Enablement: Collaborate with PyTorch community and ecosystem partners to design, enable and upstream new features, ensuring AMD GPUs remain first class for emerging AI workloads.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with internal GPU Libraries, compilers, and runtime teams to identify performance bottlenecks and deliver optimized solutions for large-scale AI workloads.
• Scalable Systems Optimization: Develop innovative solutions for both scale-up (multi-GPU) and scale-out (multi-node) distributed training environments to optimize performance on AMD GPUs.
• Engineering Excellence: Apply rigorous software engineering best practices, including code review, testing, CI/CD integration and debugging, to deliver reliable and maintainable solutions at scale.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Software Engineering: Proficient with C++, with experience in debugging, performance tuning, and test design to ensure high-quality, maintainable software solutions.
• AI Framework & Deep Learning: Solid understanding of AI frameworks such as PyTorch, Triton and vLLM, with applied knowledge across domains such as Natural Language Processing, Vision, Audio and Recommendation Systems.
• GPU Computing: Strong experience with GPU Programming models (CUDA, HIP).
• Development Processes & Tools: Proficiency with modern software practices and tooling, including debuggers, profilers, and version control systems (e.g., GitHub).
• Collaboration & Problem Solving: Effective communicator with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of working across diverse technical teams.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. 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. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.