Role Description Do you love tuning code to extract every last bit of performance? If so, AMD is looking for a Software Performance Engineer for a high impact role focused on improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of high-talent industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology. Key Responsibilities - Identify and analyze AMD strengths and weaknesses in application performance, finding performance bottlenecks. - Use all available tools and/or source code to determine the nature of the identified bottleneck. - Design solutions or workarounds to mitigate identified bottlenecks. - Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products. - Apply a data-minded approach to target optimization efforts. - Research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work and promote these to software vendors. - Contribute performance improvements to open-source projects and identify other applications that may benefit. - Develop technical relationships with your peers at our partner software vendors. - Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially in algorithms and architecture. - Be a specialist in the performance characteristics of mainstream CPUs. - Some travel may be involved as you visit our partners at their locations as needed for co-engineering efforts and education. Qualifications - Experience identifying performance bottlenecks on any platform. - Deep knowledge of C/C++ programming. - Experience using CPU profilers such as vTune, WPA, MSVS Performance Profiler. - Knowledge of SIMD instructions such as SSE, AVX, NEON. - Knowledge of modern concurrent programming and threading APIs. - Knowledge of CPU architecture. - Familiarity with modern source version control such as Git, Mercurial. - Excellent communication skills and able to work with partners effectively. - Self-starter, passionate about performance. Bonus Experience - Experience developing highly parallel applications and algorithms. - Experience with power/performance tuning. - Knowledge of modern compiler toolchains and optimizations. - Knowledge of x86/x64 assembly language and special instructions. - Knowledge of interpreted languages such as Python and JavaScript. - Familiarity with both Windows and Linux environments. Academic Credentials - At least a BS/MS in computer science, computer engineering or a related field. Benefits - AMD benefits at a glance.

• Design, build, and maintain full stack features across our platform • Own backend architecture and API design using Python/Django and JavaScript • Develop performant frontend applications using React and modern JavaScript • Architect and integrate microservices and third-party systems (e.g. Twilio, messaging, analytics tools) • Debug complex production issues across distributed systems — frontend, backend, and infrastructure • Improve system reliability, observability, and performance • Contribute to infrastructure and DevOps (AWS/GCP, CI/CD, IaC) • Write clean, testable, and scalable code; enforce best practices through code reviews

• Design, develop, and refine product solutions across multiple product lines • Collaborate with internal teams to translate customer needs into functional product designs • Support the full product lifecycle, from ideation and prototyping through to production and continuous improvement • Work closely with technical and commercial teams to ensure products are both high-performing and market-ready • Conduct testing, validation, and quality assurance to ensure product reliability • Provide technical input into product documentation, resources, and educational materials • Assist in identifying opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and product enhancement

• Work very closely with the entire PIC team covering a wide variety of directions, including silicon photonics and III-V device designs, simulation, foundry process development, production tapeout, PIC testing, and production support. • Be responsible for the design, simulation, layout and testing of photonic components and circuits. • Work closely with millimeter wave design team, packaging team, and module hardware / software / optics testing team in building complete products.