Lead GPU Performance Architect, Datacenter

AMD; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD in Austin, Texas, is seeking an experienced software engineering lead focused on improving performance for AI models and agentic workloads. You will join a core team of experts, work with cutting-edge hardware and software, and help scale next-gen architectures.

The ideal candidate combines a strong low-level software background with collaboration across AMD‑wide teams, and a track record of debugging complex bottlenecks at scale.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Low-level GPU performance

Debugging complex bottlenecks

Multi-node synchronization

C/C++ programming

Concurrent programming

Debugging tools & Git

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/CE/EE

Tools

GitHub

Profilers

Job description

AMD in Austin, Texas, is seeking an experienced software engineering lead focused on improving performance for AI models and agentic workloads. You will join a core team of experts, work with cutting-edge hardware and software, and help scale next-gen architectures.

The ideal candidate combines a strong low-level software background with collaboration across AMD‑wide teams, and a track record of debugging complex bottlenecks at scale.