SMTS Software Development Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•San Jose, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Xilinx, Inc., a subsidiary of AMD, Inc., is hiring SMTS Software Development Engineer to serve as a senior technical expert responsible for architecting, designing, and developing highly complex operating systems–level software, compiler toolchains, distributed build systems, and enterprise-scale CI/CD and release engineering platforms that support advanced semiconductor design and manufacturing operations. Utilize knowledge of computer science theory, systems architecture, distributed computing, compiler construction, networking, and large-scale infrastructure engineering to solve novel, mission-critical technical challenges affecting AMD’s global engineering productivity and silicon development lifecycle.

Requirements

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
Alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field and six (6) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
Four (4) years of experience in software build automation pipelines and release engineering for designing and building robust software build systems.
Four (4) years of experience in architecting large-scale software build environments.
Four (4) years of experience in programming languages such as Java, C#, or Python.
Four (4) years of experience in leading or mentoring a team of developers to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business requirements.
Four (4) years of experience in developing scalable, well-designed software delivery tooling to improve developer productivity.
Four (4) years of experience in version controlling systems, including Perforce and GIT.
Four (4) years of experience in test automation and frameworks.
Four (4) years of experience in Continuous Integration platforms: Jenkins and Buildkite.
Four (4) years of experience in Windows, Linux, or Android operating system development.
Four (4) years of experience in software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems, GitHub, or profilers.

Responsibilities

Defining and owning the end-to-end architecture of enterprise-grade build and release ecosystems supporting thousands of engineers across globally distributed ASIC and layout design environments.
Designing scalable, fault-tolerant, and performance-optimized CI/CD frameworks integrating operating systems internals, compiler infrastructure, distributed compute clusters, artifact management systems, and secure software supply chain controls.
Leading development of sophisticated automation frameworks that orchestrate complex dependency graphs, parallelized execution, dynamic resource allocation, and resilient recovery mechanisms.
Establishing architectural standards and engineering best practices adopted across multiple departments.
Conducting in-depth analysis of system bottlenecks and reliability risks and implementing innovative optimization solutions.
Resolving unprecedented technical issues impacting product quality, tape-out schedules, and time-to-market.
Collaborating cross-functionally with ASIC, verification, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to align software architecture with silicon roadmaps.
Exercising broad discretion and independent judgment in defining technical objectives and long-range strategies.
Providing high-level technical guidance across organizational boundaries.