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Senior Manager Software Development - GPU Video/Image Processing and Computer Vision

AMD
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/1/2026
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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The Role

As a software development manager, you will lead a team of talented computer scientists and software engineers developing GPU software for computer vision, image processing, and video processing as part of the AMD Radeon Open Ecosystem (ROCm).

The Person

To be successful in this role, you will be a hands-on leader with strong technical skills and demonstrated success shipping software in an Agile environment. You are passionate about hiring and developing your team as well as planning and managing key engineering initiatives. You have outstanding people leadership skills to lead, motivate, and guide world class engineers working in a fast-paced, matrixed, global environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage the day-to-day activities of the team within an Agile/Scrum environment
  • Work closely with senior developers, architects, and stakeholders to develop a long-term strategy and feature backlogs for your libraries and translate that into achievable road maps and project plans in an Agile environment
  • Establish a software development process that spans the entire software development life cycle and work with your engineers and key stakeholders from QA, DevOps, and program management to establish and continuously improve that process
  • Work with senior developers and architects to develop the best technical designs and approaches
  • Manage, execute, and report progress against project plans and delivery commitments
  • Build and track metrics to proactively drive process improvement
  • Hire, mentor and develop software engineers


Preferred Experience

  • Proven leadership skills and a history of delivering software projects
  • Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle including requirements elicitation and analysis, scoping/estimation, coding standards, code reviews, version control, build processes, testing, and continuous integration
  • Experience managing the day-to-day activities of a software engineering team using Agile methods
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience with open-source development processes
  • Knowledge of one or more of the following:
    • Computer vision
    • Image processing
    • Video processing
    • Image/video codecs
  • Experience developing GPU-based parallel computing software using HIP, CUDA, or OpenCL

Preferred Academic Credentials

  • B.Sc. or B.Eng. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or equivalent
  • Advanced degrees, such as M.Sc., M.Eng., Ph.D. are preferred


LOCATION: Santa Clara, California

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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