What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Development Engineer - HIP/OpenCL Runtime position at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc?
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THE ROLE:
AMD is looking for an influential and experienced software engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core AI team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.
THE PERSON:
The ideal candidate should be passionate about AI and software engineering, possessing leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to work independently, communicate effectively and collaborate optimally with different teams across AMD.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contributing to OpenCL and HIP Runtime
- Design and develop new AI software features
- Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products
- Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts
- Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture
- Participating in new ASIC and hardware bring ups
- Debugging/fix existing issues and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
- Develop technical relationships with peers and partners
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C preferred
- Strong experience with Compute Runtimes / Drivers
- Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail
- Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
- Experience with Windows, Linux and/or Android operating system development
- Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus
- Experience with compute languages like HIP, CUDA, OpenCL 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: Santa Clara, CA
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