Developer Productivity Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • San Jose, CA

1d • Hybrid

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. AMD is seeking a Developer Productivity Engineer with a Gradle focus to strengthen our build performance and release reliability for complex, multi-repo systems. You will standardize shared Gradle plugin conventions, optimize task graphs and caching, and orchestrate releases across Dev/QA/Stage/Prod with automated notes and SBOMs. You’ll collaborate closely with Security on hotfix and CVE remediation workflows, operate GitHub Actions runners and/or Jenkins at scale, and manage artifacts in Artifactory/Nexus—all while advancing Release-as-Code and working with the latest hardware and software stacks. You are passionate about modern CI/CD and large-scale build systems, with the leadership to drive sophisticated build and release issues to resolution. You communicate clearly, partner effectively across engineering, QA, and security, and mentor teams on best practices. You bring deep experience with Gradle (or are eager to specialize quickly), strong Git skills, and hands-on problem solving. C/C++ build experience and familiarity with EDA flows are pluses, as are cloud platform certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP) and experience operating self-hosted GitHub Actions runners.

Requirements

• Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C++ preferred.
• Solid experience in Release/Build/DevOps engineering with enterprise-scale CI/CD.
• Expert-level Gradle or equivalent large-scale build system experience; hands-on custom plugin development preferred.
• Deep GitHub and GITHub actions expertise; Perforce experience a plus.
• Proven track record managing complex release trains, Day-2 operations (patching/hotfix), and artificial lifecycle.
• Proficiency with Artifactory/Nexus; CI/CD (GitHub Actions and/or Jenkins); containers (Docker/K8s).
• Experience with Windows, Linux and/or Android operating system development.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Gradle plugins (Java/Kotlin/Groovy) and shared build conventions.
• Optimize task graphs, caching, and build performance; migrate legacy builds (Maven/Ant) to Gradle.
• Debug dependency issues, annotation processors, and incremental build/cache misses.
• Drive Release-as-Code; integrate gates (tests/security scans); manage GitHub Actions runners and/or Jenkins.
• Containerize release tooling (Docker/K8s/Helm) when appropriate.
• Serve as SME and mentor for build/release topics; document plugin APIs and developer self-service patterns.
• Define branching/versioning/tagging, manage promotion across Dev/QA/Stage/Prod, and automate release notes/SBOMs.
• Manage artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory/Nexus), retention, and immutable release bundles.
• Design hotfix/patch workflows; coordinate cherry-picks across maintenance brances; ensure timely CVE remediation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees