Senior GPU Kernel Development Engineer
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This role pays more than 97% of similar roles. Most pay $163,893–$235,750 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $300k versus about $200k for comparable roles.
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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
Amd currently has 496 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $172,000–$258,000 across 496 roles with salary data.
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As a Sr. Software Development Engineer – GPU Kernel Development, you will join a core team focused on optimizing and developing deep learning frameworks for AMD GPUs. You will be responsible for creating and optimizing GPU kernels, designing deep learning models, and enhancing training and inference performance across multi-GPU and multi-node systems. Your daily work involves collaborating with internal library teams and open-source maintainers to integrate optimizations into frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch. You will utilize C++, Python, HIP, CUDA, assembly, and advanced compiler technologies including LLVM and ROCm. Key technical skills include experience with Compute Kernel, CUTLASS, and Triton to solve performance bottlenecks in distributed computing environments. You will provide technical leadership and mentorship while ensuring robust, maintainable solutions for AI workloads.
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