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Principal Networking/RDMA/RoCE Engineer

AMD
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/5/2026
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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Principal Networking/RDMA/RoCE Engineer

The Role

AMD is looking for an influential software engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core 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 software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop data path/control path software for next generation DPUs/AI-NIC.
  • Develop/automate unit tests, participate in design/code reviews.
  • Collaborate with customer engineering teams over design and participate in debug sessions


Preferred Experience

  • Experience in software development in domains of Networking, Security, RDMA, or system software
  • Strong software design and programming skills (C/C , Python preferred)
  • Experience with one or more of the following : Software Defined Networking, Networking Device drivers or High Speed Packet Programming - Networking ASICs/DPDK, Security or RDMA / RoCE
  • Experience with RDMA, P4 architecture/programming or networking drivers is an added advantage
  • Good interpersonal skills and effective communication
  • Experience in DPU or AI-NIC development is a huge plus
  • This is a Senior level role; no recent college graduates will be considered.


Academic Credentials

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


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Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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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