SMTS Software Development Eng. Job Listing at AMD in Calgary, AB (Job ID 55473-en-us)

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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THE ROLE: 

AMD is looking for a lead software engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor you will be part of our ROCm GPU-compute mathematical libraries team working on innovative hardware and software technologies. You will help deliver exceptional performance and related feature enhancements via maintainable code and testing development, optimizations/tuning, and collaboration.

THE PERSON: 

The successful candidate would possess excellent software skills in C/C++, modern object-oriented development and has expert understanding of software performance and computer architecture. Must have strong desire to learn and the ability to solve problems, and be able to plan, schedule, and work on tasks independently. Should be a great team player with excellent and tactful communication skills.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Develop portable software in C++, and HIP to enable key mathematical operations on GPU
• Design and write GPU computational software libraries for AI, HPC applications
• Aid management in planning, and delivering industry-leading software for current and future processors
• Participate in new ASIC and hardware bring ups
• Carry-out performance optimizations and projections for important use-cases to maximize hardware utilization
• Support development of programs to sustain seamless performance analysis, and performance/functional test coverage

• Identify and help resolve quality issues working closely with libraries development teams and other internal engineering teams

• Maintain code modules to support evolving compiler and hardware features 
• Develop technical relationships with peers and partners 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• 7+ years professional software development experience
• Proficient in C/C++ and object-oriented programming employing best software design practices

• Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail 
• GPU software development or validation involving HIP, CUDA, or OpenCL
• Demonstrated familiarity with compilers and analysis of assembly code
• Experience with Linux operating system development  
• Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus 
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills 

• Motivating leader with good interpersonal skills

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent 

LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta

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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.