Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer - Collectives and Network optimization

Advanced Micro Devices; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices is seeking a Senior-level Engineer in San Jose, CA to drive performance optimization strategies for AI on AMD GPUs. This role requires a PhD or master’s degree in a related field, with extensive experience in AI frameworks and network hardware architecture.

The ideal candidate will work collaboratively across teams, focusing on performance analysis, optimization, and strategy formulation. This position offers a hybrid working environment and the chance to shape the future of AI technologies.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge with network, NIC and GPU hardware architecture.
• Hands-on experience in mapping model architecture to software and hardware.
• Strong knowledge in generative model architecture and distributed inference.

Responsibilities

• Set strategy and roadmap for AMD Collectives and Network optimizations.
• Performance tuning and analysis of large-scale AI models.
• Participate in hardware-software co-design for future optimizations.

Skills

Performance optimization

AI frameworks

Collaboration

Technical leadership

Education

PhD or master's degree in computer science or electrical engineering

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

vLLM

SGLang

Job description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.

THE ROLE

Senior level engineer who will be responsible for driving AMD’s strategy, architecture, optimization and tooling to achieve industry-leading AI Pre‑training and Distributed Inference Performance on AMD GPU. You will partner across hardware architecture, AI frameworks, compilers, runtime, ROCm, developer tools and model to scale performance analysis and optimization.

As an engineer of Collectives and Network performance, you will help drive the end‑to‑end technical performance attainment across the entire software stack focusing on getting the best performance on multiple generations of AMD GPUs with a wide range of models including latest state‑of‑the‑art AI models. You will help set the strategy and roadmap for general optimization, accelerating supporting new models and out‑of‑box performance.

If you are passionate about performance optimization, getting the best out of the hardware, and shaping the future of AI acceleration, then this role is for you.

THE PERSON

The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge with Network, NIC and GPU hardware architecture, software optimization, performance modeling, AI frameworks and latest trends in inference and training optimization. Hands‑on experience in mapping model architecture to low‑level software and hardware and understanding the impact of each layer of the stack on model performance. Strong knowledge in latest generative model architecture, especially SoTA models, distributed inference and deployment at scale is crucial.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Help set strategy and roadmap for AMD Collectives and Network optimizations.
• Provide guidelines to customers on efficient network load‑balancing, workload scheduling and model sharding strategies.
• Performance tuning, profiling and analysis of large‑scale models for LLM, diffusion, multimodal, RecSys and generative AI, single node and distributed. In addition to exploring various tradeoffs and design decisions.
• Participate in hardware‑software co‑design for future hardware optimizations – especially on scale‑up networks, NIC and scale‑out networks.
• Develop and improve framework, tools and infrastructure for performance estimation, modeling and reporting.
• Communicate and present the results of the performance analysis and modeling to stakeholders, and senior leadership. And provide a concrete recommendation.
• Cross‑team collaboration and working across the organization to identify opportunities and develop strategies.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Multiple years of technical experience in performance optimization.
• Strong technical expertise and experience in performance analysis, projection, and network hardware architecture.
• Deep knowledge and hands‑on experience of AI Frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, vLLM, and SGLang.
• Strong technical leadership skills, ability to work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams.
• Mentor, coach, and inspire a diverse and talented team of researchers and engineers.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, ability to coordinate internally and externally.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• A PhD or master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.

LOCATION

San Jose, CA (hybrid)

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

BENEFITS

Benefits offered are described in the AMD benefits at a glance.

EEO STATEMENT

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.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.