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# Principal Data Center GPU Performance Architect

- **Company:** Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Salary:** $212,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Concurrent Computing, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Github, Node.Js, Object-Oriented Software Development, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Information Technology, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88093801/1

## About the Role

The ideal candidate should possess a strong software engineering background with extensive low-level experience debugging complex platform and rack-level performance bottlenecks. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD., * Extensive experience with low-level GPU performance optimization

 * Experience debugging complex system level software bottlenecks
 * Experience debugging multi-node communication and perf bottlenecks
 * Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C++ preferred

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

## Description

AMD is looking for an experienced software engineering lead who is passionate about improving the performance of the leading AI models and agentic workloads. 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., * 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
 * Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies
 * 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, 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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