Software Development Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking a senior software engineer specializing in performance benchmarking and automation to join our core benchmarking team. You will work across Windows, Linux, macOS, and SoC platforms to evaluate, optimize, and characterize performance using real-world workloads and industry benchmarks.

The role involves technical leadership, cross‑team collaboration, and ownership of benchmarking infrastructure spanning OS, platforms, and hardware subsystems, with a focus on scalable, reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/CE/EE or equivalent.
• Performance analysis, benchmarking, and automation experience.
• Strong problem solving and cross‑platform debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated benchmarking workflows.
• Design hardware-aware workloads and microbenchmarks.
• Ensure benchmark repeatability and data integrity.
• Build automation and orchestration frameworks.
• Collaborate using Git and modern workflows.
• Create cross‑platform solutions for Windows, macOS, Linux.
• Provide instrumentation hooks for data collection.

Skills

C/C++

C#

OO design

Multithreading

Git tooling

Profilers

Debugging

Cross-platform

QT/.NET

OS dev

Education

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

Tools

Qt

.NET

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believetechnology 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 AMDis shapingthefuture.

Whetheryou'redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger- technologythat moves the world forward.Join us and, together, we'll advance your career.

THE ROLE:

AMD is seeking a senior individualcontributor software engineer with deepexpertisein performance benchmarking and automation. You will join a core team of highly skilled specialists working with the latest AMD hardware and software platforms to evaluate,optimize, and characterize performance usingreal-worldworkloads and industry benchmarks.

This role involves technical leadership,crossteamcollaboration, and ownership of complex benchmarking infrastructure that spans operating systems, platforms, and hardware subsystems.

THE PERSON:

You are passionate about software engineering and performance analysis, thrive in complexsystemlevelenvironments, and can drive ambiguous technical problems to resolution. You communicate clearly, collaborate effectively across software and hardware teams, and bringa strong senseof ownership and engineering rigor to your work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Benchmarking & Workloads:

• Develop andmaintainautomated benchmarking workflows using commercial ISV applications (e.g., Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, games) to evaluate CPU, GPU, memory, storage, and platform performance.

• Design and implement hardwareaware ofworkloads and microbenchmarks to characterize system and SoC performance.

• Ensure benchmark repeatability,result inintegrity, and controlled variance across platforms.

Automation & Infrastructure:

• Build andmaintainautomation and orchestration frameworks for workload execution, result collection, and analysis.

• Improve reliability, observability, and scalability of automated performance runs.

• Integrate application code, scripts, andplatformspecifictooling into unified benchmarking pipelines.

• Collaborate using Git and modern development workflows to deliver highquality, maintainable code.

Cross-platform Development:

• Create andmaintaincross-platformsolutions supporting Windows, Windows on ARM, macOS, and Linux.

• Developcross-platformexecution and control harnesses using technologies such as QT and/or .NET, including lightweight GUIs used to configure, run, and visualize benchmarking workflows.

Performance Analysis & Hardware Collaboration:

• Debug complex performance issues in collaboration with hardware tracing, power, and performance optimization teams.

• Provide platform instrumentation hooks and infrastructure support to enablelowleveldata collection and analysis.

• Translate raw performance data into actionable insights for internal stakeholders.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strongobject-orientedprogramming background;C/C++/C# strongly preferred.

• Excellentproblemsolving, debugging, and systemlevel troubleshooting skills across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

• Experience with concurrent programming, threading models, and synchronization primitives.

• Proficiencywith software development tools and processes, including debuggers, profilers, and Gitbased source control.

• Experience writing microbenchmarks to measure performance characteristics of CPUs, GPUs, or SoCs.

• Experience automatingreal-worldapplications and/or games into scalable test suites.

• Familiarity with QT or .NET application frameworks, including MVVM architecture, databinding, and custom renderers.

• Exposure to OSlevel development on Windows, Linux, and/or Android is a plus.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor's orMaster'sdegree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. 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.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.