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AMD

1 day ago

Principal Software Developer – AI/ML Performance Validation & Systems Testing

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Job Summary

Serve as the senior technical leader for ROCm software validation across compute workloads and server-class systems. Own end-to-end validation architecture, define release-qualification gates and exit criteria, and architect test infrastructure spanning unit through system-level testing. Drive complex multi-node debugging and performance/stability characterization for AMD Instinct GPU platforms, influencing validation readiness and mentoring senior validation engineers.

Location: San Jose

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Own end-to-end ROCm validation architecture across unit, integration, workload, performance, stress, stability, scale-out, and system-level test layers.
•Define release-qualification gates and exit criteria (functional coverage, performance regressions, stability hours, scale targets, RAS) for ROCm releases.
•Architect test infrastructure including distributed test runners, CI pipelines (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/internal CI), hardware lab orchestration, result data lakes, and flaky-test detection/bisection.
•Champion modern quality engineering practices such as shift-left testing, test pyramids, contract testing, hermetic deterministic test environments, and continuous validation in trunk.
•Lead complex escalation debugging by partnering across development, hardware, firmware, and customer-facing teams; convert findings into durable test coverage.

Key Requirements

•Lead end-to-end validation and complex systems validation, including multi-GPU and multi-node server platform testing.
•Expertise in software engineering for validation/SDET/quality engineering, including leading complex systems validation.
•Strong Python for test automation/infrastructure and strong C++ for debugging and extending production code.
•Deep validation expertise in GPU software stacks (ROCm and/or CUDA/oneAPI/SYCL) and AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow/JAX/Triton/vLLM).
•Experience with HPC runtimes/communication libraries (MPI/RCCL-NCCL/UCX/Libfabric) and/or Linux kernel/GPU driver/accelerator firmware validation.

Experience:GPU software stacksValidationQuality engineeringAI/MLHPCDistributed systemsOpen source

Education:Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

Skills:DebuggingCharacterizationQualificationTechnical leadershipMentorshipCross-functional collaboration

Languages:EnglishEn-us

Tech Stack:ROCmPyTorchTensorFlowJAXTritonVLLMPythonC++CUDAOneAPISYCLMPIRCCLNCCLUCXLibfabricLinux kernelGitHub ActionsJenkinsCI

Company Brief

AMD

Designs and produces semiconductor products including CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive SoCs for consumer, enterprise, and embedded markets, competing across PCs, data centers, and gaming industries.

Industry: Electronics Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States

Founded: 1969

Glassdoor: 3.9

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