Lead Software Development Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in Bengaluru is seeking an MTS Software Development Engineer to enhance performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will join a core team working with cutting-edge hardware and software to push storage and virtualization capabilities across DPUs, NVMe, and VirtIO for Cloud/AI workloads.

The role requires strong C/C++ software engineering, systems programming, and experience with Linux block layers, virtualization, and modern concurrency.

Qualifications

• Prior storage experience in NVMe, NVMe-oF, VirtIO, SCSI/FCP, iSCSI, RDMA and TCP areas.
• Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C++.
• Strong systems programming background.
• Exposure to Linux block layer, block device drivers (Linux, ESXi, Windows), QEMU/KVM virtualization, PCIe, TCP and basic networking adds advantage.
• Ability to write high quality code with attention to detail.
• Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs.
• Experience with debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus.
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design and develop storage solutions on DPUs in NVMe-PCIe NVMeoF (TCP, RDMA), VirtIO for Cloud/AI use cases.
• Build innovative solutions and solve challenging problems in storage disaggregation, virtualization, and storage services (encryption, compression, replication, erasure coding).
• Contribute to patents, standards and open source initiatives.
• Collaborate with AMD architecture specialists to improve future products.
• Apply a data-minded approach to optimization efforts.
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends, especially algorithms and architecture.
• Design and develop new AMD technologies.
• Participate in new ASIC and hardware bring-ups.
• Debug/fix existing issues and research more efficient approaches.
• Develop technical relationships with peers and partners.

Skills

C/C++

OO programming

Concurrency

Linux kernel

Storage software

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/EE

Tools

QEMU/KVM

GitHub

Profilers

Job description

Job Summary

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.

The Role

AMD is looking for a MTS Software Development Engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. 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

• Architect, Design and Develop Storage solutions on DPUs in the areas of NVMe-PCIe NVMeoF(TCP, RDMA), VirtIO for Cloud and AI usecases
• Build Innovative solutions and solve challenging problems in areas of Storage Disaggregation, Virtualization, Storage services (Encryption, Compression, Replication and Erasure Coding), etc
• Contributions to Patents, Standards and Open Source Initiatives
• Work with AMD's architecture specialists to improve future products
• Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture
• Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies
• Participating in new ASIC and hardware bring ups

• Debug/fix existing issues and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
• Develop technical relationships with peers and partners

Preferred Experience

• Prior Storage experience in any of NVMe, NVMe-oF, VirtIO, SCSI/FCP, iSCSI, RDMA and TCP areas
• Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C++
• Strong systems programming background
• Exposure to Linux block layer, block device drivers (linux, ESXi, Windows), QEMU/KVM Virtualization, PCIe, TCP and basic networking is added advantage
• Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail
• Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
• 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

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent