AMD · 6 days ago
Principal Engineer — Agentic Performance Optimization & Automation (GPUs)
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$226K/yr - $340K/yrAMD is a company focused on building innovative products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences. The Principal Engineer will design and implement automated performance optimization loops for AI workloads on AMD GPUs, collaborating with various teams to enhance performance and implement sophisticated solutions.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingComputerEmbedded SystemsGPUHardwareSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Build and maintain automation that continuously profiles and improves workload performance
Implement safe, data‑driven tuning of configurations and kernels to achieve measurable gains
Detect and triage performance regressions; ensure changes are validated in CI
Integrate with existing profiling, compiler, and build/test tooling
Produce clear reports and dashboards to communicate results to stakeholders
Create reusable tools and interfaces that teams can adopt with minimal effort
Partner across teams to prioritize, land, and maintain performance improvements
Qualification
Required
B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent industry experience
Preferred
Strong background in GPU performance engineering and systems
Experience profiling and optimizing deep learning workloads on modern accelerators
Familiarity with ROCm, CUDA/HIP, Triton, or similar low-level stacks
Experience building automation or optimization systems, such as Auto-tuning frameworks (e.g., TVM, auto-scheduler, Triton autotune)
Experiment management or large-scale benchmarking infrastructure
CI/CD pipelines focused on performance regression tracking
Familiarity with LLM/agent tooling
Orchestration frameworks, tool-calling, and structured logging for agents
Applying LLMs to code generation, refactoring, or performance investigation is a plus
Strong software engineering skills in Python and at least one of C++/Rust/Go
Experience with distributed training/inference and scaling across multi-GPU, multi-node clusters
Comfort working cross-functionally with Framework and compiler teams
Infra/SRE and benchmarking teams
Customer-facing solution engineers
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Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Founded in 1969
10001+ employees
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