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Principal Software Development Engineer
@ Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
Waterloo, Ontario
Overview
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (AMD) is hiring a Principal Software Development Engineer to optimize machine learning model performance on AMD GPUs across the ROCm software stack. The work covers PyTorch, vLLM, llama.cpp, ROCm libraries and GPU kernels in Python and C++, and includes leading issue resolution and open-source collaboration. The posting states a full-time role with a bachelor's or master's degree in a computing or engineering field.
Responsibilities:
- Optimize ML model performance on AMD GPUs using ROCm
- Optimize code across PyTorch, vLLM, llama.cpp and ROCm libraries
- Profile and benchmark to target optimization efforts
- Participate in new ASIC and hardware bring-ups
- Contribute to upstream open-source projects
Requirements summary:
- Strong C/C++ and Python programming background
- Experience with PyTorch, vLLM or llama.cpp
- Experience with GPU programming (HIP, CUDA or Triton) is a plus
- Experience with Linux development and profilers
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a computing or engineering field
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-12
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-12
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- 2026-11-12
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Software development |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering |
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PMTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
THE ROLE:
AMD is looking for a strategic software engineering lead who is passionate about improving the performance of machine learning models on AMD GPUs. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists. The team optimizes ML inference and training workloads across the ROCm software stack, from frameworks like PyTorch, vLLM, and llama.cpp down to ROCm libraries and GPU kernels. You will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.
THE PERSON:
The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and performance optimization, and have the leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. They should be comfortable working across multiple layers of the software stack in both Python and C++. They should be able to communicate effectively and work well with different teams across AMD and with open-source communities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Analyze and optimize the performance of ML models running on AMD GPUs with the ROCm stack
- Optimize code across multiple software layers, including PyTorch, vLLM, llama.cpp, and ROCm libraries, in both Python and C++
- Work with AMD's architecture specialists to improve future products
- Apply a data-driven approach, using profiling and benchmarking, to target optimization efforts
- Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially in ML models, algorithms, and GPU architecture
- Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies
- Participate in new ASIC and hardware bring-ups
- Debug and fix existing issues, and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
- Contribute to upstream open-source projects and develop technical relationships with peers, partners, and open-source communities
- Share AI-assisted workflows and best practices across the team to raise overall engineering productivity
- Critically evaluate AI-generated code and analysis for correctness and performance before relying on it
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Strong programming background, C/C++ and Python preferred
- Experience with ML frameworks and inference engines such as PyTorch, vLLM, or llama.cpp
- Experience with GPU programming (HIP, CUDA, or Triton) and performance optimization is a plus
- Ability to write high-quality code with keen attention to detail
- Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
- Experience with Linux development
- Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub), and profilers
- 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
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