Software Engineer – AI Inference and Performance Optimization

About this role

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology 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 AMD is shaping the future.

Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE: Join AMD’s CG-AIM team to develop and optimize AI inference software for AMD platforms. Work with architecture and engineering teams to improve performance, efficiency, and scalability across AI workloads.

THE PERSON: A collaborative engineer with strong software development, debugging, and problem-solving skills who can turn performance analysis into practical improvements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Develop and optimize AI inference software, runtimes, and workloads. Identify bottlenecks and improve latency, throughput, and memory efficiency. Integrate and validate improvements with architecture and software teams. Build benchmarks and automated tests to track performance and correctness.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Strong C/C++ and Python development skills. Experience with AI frameworks, inference runtimes, and performance profiling. Familiarity with GPU programming, parallel computing, and memory optimization. Experience with PyTorch, ONNX Runtime, ROCm, HIP, or similar technologies.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

LOCATION: Austin, TX, OR Markham Ontario Canada

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.