Lead Senior Engineer - Developer And Build Experience Gradle Compiler With C C

AMD; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking a Senior Lead Engineer to strengthen our Developer Experience and Build Engineering. You will own our Gradle‑based build infrastructure, mentor engineers, and drive upgrades across large‑scale C/C++ codebases.

You’ll partner with architecture specialists to improve products and ensure secure, reliable builds across platforms. You’ll lead design and implementation, promote best practices in build engineering, and push for automation and efficiency throughout the development

Qualifications

• Strong object‑oriented programming background with 12+ years of hands-on C/C++ coding experience.
• Experience with memory management, performance optimization and large-scale codebases.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring engineers across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and improve Gradle build systems to deliver fast, reliable builds for C/C++ projects.
• Lead third‑party library, framework, and toolchain upgrades with stability and security in mind.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in C/C++ development and build engineering.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define standards and resolve complex build issues.
• Drive engineering excellence and optimize development workflows and tooling.
• Contribute to memory management, performance tuning, and systems‑level development in large codebases.
• Automate manual processes to reduce friction in the development lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership across AMD’s architecture and delivery teams.

Skills

C/C++

Memory management

Performance optimization

Leadership

Communication

Cross-team collaboration

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Gradle

GCC

Clang

GitHub

Build tooling

Job description

Job Description:

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At 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.

Whether 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.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER - Developer & Build Experience (Gradle, C/C++)

The Role

AMD is looking for a Senior Lead Engineer to strengthen our Developer Experience and Build Engineering function. In this role, you will own and evolve our Gradle-based build infrastructure, lead the adoption of third-party upgrades, and mentor engineers across the organization. You will be a key technical leader driving the productivity, reliability, and maintainability of our software delivery pipeline for large-scale C/C++ codebases. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.

The Person

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products and Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts
• Build & Developer Experience: Design, maintain, and continuously improve our Gradle build systems to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable builds that maximize developer productivity across C/C++ projects
• Lead the evaluation, planning, and execution of third‑party library, framework, and toolchain upgrades—ensuring compatibility, stability, and timely remediation of security vulnerabilities.
• Mentorship: Mentor and coach engineers, sharing best practices in C/C++ development, build engineering, and dependency management. Elevate the technical skills of the broader team.
• Technical Leadership: Partner with cross‑functional teams to define standards, resolve complex build and integration issues, and drive engineering excellence.
• Strong programming experience with C/C++, including a deep understanding of memory management, performance optimization, and systems‑level development in large-scale codebases.
• Automation & Tooling: Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and reduce friction in the development lifecycle.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Gradle (build authoring, custom plugins, dependency management, build performance tuning), including native/C++ build integration.
• Proven track record of managing third‑party dependency and toolchain upgrades in large-scale codebases, including handling breaking changes and security patches.
• Solid understanding of compilers, linkers, and build toolchains (e.g., GCC, Clang).

Preferred Experience

• Strong object‑oriented programming background, C/C++ preferred with 12+yrs of professional handson coding experience
• Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail
• Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
• Experience with Windows, Linux and/or Android operating system development
• Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus
• Effective communication and problem‑solving skills
• Motivating leader with good interpersonal skills

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Benefits offered are described: 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. 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.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.