PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• Shipped code with SIMD, especially AVX512
• Experience identifying performance bottlenecks on any platform
• Deep Knowledge of C/C++ programming
• Experience investigating compiler code generation, e.g. LLVM auto-vectorization
• Knowledge of modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
• Knowledge of CPU architecture
• Familiarity with modern source version control such as Git, Mercurial
• Excellent communication skills and able to work with partners effectively
• Self-starter, passionate about performance

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives.
AMD together we advance_
Responsibilities:

THE ROLE:

Do you love tuning code to extract every last bit of performance?
If so, AMD is looking for a senior software engineer for a high impact role in Software Performance Engineering focused on improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of high-talent industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify and analyze AMD strengths and weaknesses in application performance, finding performance bottlenecks
• Use all available tools and/or source code to determine the nature of the identified bottleneck
• Design solutions or workarounds to mitigate identified bottlenecks
• Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products
• Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts
• Research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work and promote these to software vendors
• Contribute performance improvements to open-source projects and identify other applications that may benefit
• Develop technical relationships with your peers at our partner software vendors
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially in algorithms and architecture
• Be a specialist in the performance characteristics of mainstream CPUs
• Some travel may be involved as you visit our partners at their locations as needed for co-engineering efforts and education