Sr. Software System Designer (amd)

Job Description

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. 

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SENIOR SOFTWARE SYSTEMS DESIGNER 

THE ROLE:

AMD is looking for an experienced engineer for an exciting role in Server CPU software development team. This person will be a member of a core team and will work with the latest hardware and software technology. The person will interact closely with key AMD technical experts to ensure the best possible performance and results on AMD platforms.

THE PERSON:

The successful candidate for this position will be interacting with software and hardware technologists working across many locations. This is a great opportunity to work as a part of highly regarded team to deliver leading edge solutions

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Problem solving across multiple software layers, (user space, kernel, applications, libraries) and hardware
• Optimization/development of the CPU performance stack (applications, libraries) for AMD server processors
• Analyze and solve performance, scalability bottlenecks when code is running on multi-core, multi-node deployments.
• Innovate and publish papers, patents and participate in technical conferences to advance AMD technologies.
• Continuously learn and grow along with evolving X86 server CPU architecture and application landscape

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Very strong data structure and algorithmic skills
• Experience in identifying performance bottlenecks, and designing/implementing optimizations to relieve analyzed bottlenecks
• Experience in software development using C/C++ and debugging skills on multicore systems
• Experience in performance analysis for data center, HPC (High Performance Computing), MPI (Message passing Interface) applications
• Experience in x86 (or other architecture based) optimizations
• Understanding of Cache sub-system, Instruction Set Architecture, pipeline (for any CPU)
• Bonus skills: Experience on Intel MKL libraries, Linear Algebra, x86 assembly programming
• Knowledge of one or more CPU Profiling tools (preferably in Linux)

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Graduate/master’s degree in computer science or related fields

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