Senior Staff Compiler Engineer - MLIR/LLVM GPU

Advanced Micro Devices; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AMD Benefits

Job summary

AMD is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead compiler development and GPU performance optimization for AI and compute platforms. You will design compiler technologies using MLIR and LLVM, develop optimized code-generation flows, and collaborate across GPU architecture, runtime, and AI framework teams to deliver high-performance results.

The ideal candidate will lead complex technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and shape architecture decisions across the full compiler stack from

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in compiler design and GPU performance optimization across AI/compute platforms.
• Experience with MLIR/LLVM-based code generation and lowering pipelines.
• Strong C/C++ skills and experience with GPU programming models such as HIP or CUDA.
• Ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement compiler optimizations using MLIR/LLVM for GPU/AI workloads.
• Develop compiler passes, IRs, lowering pipelines, and target-specific code generation.
• Optimize graph transformations, operator fusion, tiling, vectorization, and kernel scheduling.
• Analyze generated GPU code and tune kernels for performance metrics.
• Perform end-to-end performance analyses across frameworks, runtimes, and hardware.
• Collaborate with GPU architecture teams to enable new features and co-design hardware/software.
• Build profiling, benchmarking, autotuning, and performance-regression infrastructure.
• Apply AI-assisted tools to compiler and kernel optimization tasks.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across compiler and GPU projects.

Skills

MLIR

LLVM

Compiler optimization

GPU architecture

C/C++

Performance tuning

AI-assisted tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

HIP

CUDA

GPU profiling tools

Job description

AMD is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead compiler development and GPU performance optimization for AI and compute platforms. You will design compiler technologies using MLIR and LLVM, develop optimized code-generation flows, and collaborate across GPU architecture, runtime, and AI framework teams to deliver high-performance results.

The ideal candidate will lead complex technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and shape architecture decisions across the full compiler stack from