Compiler Performance Engineer
About The Position
At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career. The Role: Do you love tuning to extract every last bit of performance? If so, AMD is looking for a Principal Software Engineer for a high impact role in Software Performance Engineering focused on improving and understanding the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of high-talent industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.
Requirements
- Experience identifying performance bottlenecks on any platform
- Knowledge of modern compiler toolchains and optimizations
- Deep knowledge of compiler optimization techniques such as PGO
- Deep Knowledge of C/C++ programming
- Knowledge of x86/x64 assembly language and special instructions
- Experience using CPU profilers such as vTune, WPA, MSVS Performance Profiler
- Knowledge of CPU architecture
- Familiarity with modern source version control such as Git, Mercurial
- Excellent communication skills and able to work with partners effectively
- Self-starter, passionate about performance
- At least a BS/MS in computer science, computer engineering or a related field.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
- Knowledge of SIMD instructions such as SSE, AVX, NEON
- Experience developing highly parallel applications and algorithms
- Experience with power/performance tuning
- Knowledge of interpreted languages such as Python and JavaScript
- Familiarity with both Windows and Linux environments
Responsibilities
- Identify and analyze AMD strengths and weaknesses in application performance, finding performance bottlenecks
- Analyze compiler generated code, including x86 and ARM assembly
- Write and refactor code to take advantage of compiler optimizations, such as auto-vectorization
- Work with AMD’s compiler specialists to improve code generation quality
- Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts
- Research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work and promote these to software vendors
- Contribute performance improvements to open-source projects and identify other applications that may benefit
- Develop technical relationships with your peers at our partner software vendors
- Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially in compilers and architecture
- Be a specialist in the performance characteristics of mainstream CPUs
Benefits
- AMD benefits at a glance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
