AI Performance Architect: Benchmarking & Tools

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Oregon; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. seeks a senior AI performance leader to shape product direction, performance benchmarking strategy, and developer tools across AMD AI software.

You will partner with engineering, architecture, developer relations, and strategic customers to ensure AMD AI platforms deliver top-tier performance, usability, and value across inference, training, and emerging AI workloads. You will translate complex customer needs into actionable product requirements, roadmaps, and

Qualifications

• Proven years of experience in software engineering, systems architecture, performance engineering, AI/ML infrastructure, or related disciplines.
• Hands-on expertise with AI and ML frameworks and runtimes such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX Runtime, vLLM, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of GPU computing, heterogeneous systems, model serving, and AI optimization.
• Experience with performance profiling, benchmarking, tracing, debugging, compiler technologies, runtimes, or systems observability.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages, including Python, C++, CUDA, or HIP.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex system performance behavior and communicate findings clearly to tech and exec audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy for AI performance analysis, benchmarking, profiling, optimization, and tooling across AMD platforms.
• Partner with customers and internal teams to define product requirements, roadmaps, and measurable success criteria for AI performance and tooling.
• Analyze inference and training workloads across models/frameworks to identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements.
• Develop rigorous performance narratives, benchmark methodologies, workload characterization, and competitive analyses.
• Influence roadmaps for profiling, debugging, observability, compilers, runtimes, and performance-tuning tools across AMD's AI software ecosystem.

Skills

Al/ML infra

PyTorch

TensorFlow

CUDA

C++

Performance profiling

Cross-functional collab

Education

BS/MS in CS/CE/EE

Tools

ONNX Runtime

vLLM

ROCm

HIP

Kubernetes

Triton

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. seeks a senior AI performance leader to shape product direction, performance benchmarking strategy, and developer tools across AMD AI software.

You will partner with engineering, architecture, developer relations, and strategic customers to ensure AMD AI platforms deliver top-tier performance, usability, and value across inference, training, and emerging AI workloads. You will translate complex customer needs into actionable product requirements, roadmaps, and