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# Software Development Engineering Lead- Routing

- **Company:** Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Concurrent Computing, Data Structures, Software Debugging, Memory Management, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Github, Graph Theory, Routing, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/4d19efc2-2e89-4108-bd69-1729cf53b753

## About the Role

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., * In-depth knowledge of Data Structure, Graph Theory and Algorithms

 * Solid Programming skills in C++
 * Strong object-oriented programming background

 * Ability to write high quality code with keen attention to detail
 * Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
 * Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus
 * Effective communication and problem-solving skills

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

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

## Description

AMD is looking for a strategic software engineering lead 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., * Innovate and develop novel Routing algorithms to get multi-fold performance improvements (QoR, Compile Time, Memory Usage)

 * Be involved in the design, implementation, analysis, and test of FPGA physical implementation tools which include optimization, placement, timing, and routing.
 * Perform research and development of novel algorithms and optimization of existing algorithms to improve quality of results (QOR), runtime, and memory.
 * Conduct research and development of novel placement/routing and optimization techniques for next-generation FPGAs.
 * Evaluate new FPGA architecture features and their impact on existing implementation tools.
 * Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture
 * Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies

 * Debugging/fix existing issues and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
 * Develop technical relationships with peers and partners, AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD's "Responsible AI Policy" is available here.


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