Director, GPU Stack Unified Build & Release Platform

Amd

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$246,400–$369,600 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Sep 4, 2027

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Above market

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This role $308k
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About Amd

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a semiconductor company that develops high-performance processors, graphics cards, and adaptive computing solutions for gaming, data centers, and embedded markets. Industry: Semiconductors

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TL;DR · Director, GPU Stack Unified Build & Release Platform

Director – GPU Stack Unified Build & Release Platform leads a tiger team of engineers to develop a unified build and CI platform for the GPU stack. This role involves creating a single deliverable that integrates firmware, kernel drivers, and ROCm into one cohesive release pipeline to eliminate manual coordination overhead and accelerate time-to-customer. The successful candidate will spend half their time coding and making architecture decisions while the other half is spent on executive alignment and driving organizational change across multiple teams. Key technical requirements include expertise in build systems, CI/CD infrastructure, GitHub Actions, self-hosted CI, and AWS cloud environments. The role also requires proficiency in agentic AI tools like Cursor or Copilot to manage complex firmware components and large-scale software release pipelines while ensuring trunk health and shift-left development practices across the organization.

What you'll do

  • Define the technical architecture and roadmap for a unified GPU stack build and release platform.
  • Lead a tiger team of engineers to develop and integrate firmware, kernel, and ROCm components into a single deliverable.
  • Spend approximately 50% of your time writing code and solving complex technical problems within the platform.
  • Coordinate with executives to design a phased rollout that accelerates delivery without disrupting active product lines.
  • Drive organizational change across multiple teams to align on new workflows, trunk health, and shift-left development practices.
  • Integrate agentic AI tools into the engineering workflow to increase team productivity and scale operations.
  • Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of the platform from initial proof of concept through production rollout.

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated technical leadership at the director or fellow level in software engineering.
  • Deep expertise in build systems, CI/CD infrastructure, and software release pipelines.
  • Experience managing large-scale infrastructure modernization across multiple teams with competing priorities.
  • Ability to communicate technical trade-offs as business decisions to executive stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to lead high-performing small teams in greenfield or proof-of-concept contexts.
  • Fluency with agentic AI workflows and tools like Cursor, Claude, or Copilot.
  • Experience with firmware, kernel, or embedded software release pipelines.
  • Master’s degree or PhD in a related discipline preferred.

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