Senior LLVM Compiler Engineer

<strong class="jdheading"></strong><br><br><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSCustomFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-contrast="auto"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING</span></span></strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSCustomFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSCustomFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-contrast="auto"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">gaming</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;">ingenuity</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">you’ll</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></span><strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSCustomFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-contrast="auto"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Together, we advance your career. </span></span></strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSCustomFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <br><strong class="jdheading"></strong><br><br><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-contrast="auto">THE ROLE:</span></strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000;" data-contrast="none"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{" objectid":"48cbb802-1749-40d8-92c4-c75b06de5339|129","classid":1073872969,"properties":[469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"default="" paragraph="" font"]}"="">If you are an experienced Compiler Engineer with passion to work on leading edge optimizing compilers for AMD GPU, we would love to talk to you and share with you the many exciting projects we are working on.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-ccp-props="{" 335551550":1,"335551620":1}"=""> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-contrast="auto">THE PERSON:</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000;" data-ccp-props="{" 335551550":1,"335551620":1}"="">We are building first class compilation technology for AMD GPU. The successful candidate will work on language implementation and optimization in the open source LLVM compiler framework. Our compilers are used in the development of AMD Machine Learning frameworks and libraries, as well as HPC applications. The successful candidate will have a phenomenal opportunity to work closely with AMD first class Machine Learning, HPC and Library developers to get the best performance from the compiler.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-ccp-props="{}"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-contrast="auto">KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:</span></strong></span></span></p><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-contrast="auto">Work in the open source developing new features and improvements in the AMD GPU compiler</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-contrast="auto">Analyze performance and correctness issues</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"="">Participate in internal and external code reviews</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"="">Work with machine learning frameworks and HPC applications to identify and implement compiler enhancements for existing and future AMD GPU hardware</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"="">Represent AMD in open source communities</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-contrast="auto">PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:</span></strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-contrast="auto">Strong background in compilers</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-contrast="auto">Strong C/C++ object-oriented programming background</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"="">Track record of contributions in the open source LLVM project</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"="">Good understanding of GPU execution model and architecture</span></span></li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"="">Parallel Programming Models, Languages and Runtime Systems</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-contrast="auto">Effective communication and problem-solving skills</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-props="{" 134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"=""> </span></span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000;" data-contrast="none"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:</span></span></strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000;" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="13" data-list-defn-props="{" 335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridmultilevel"}"="" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000;" data-contrast="none"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Bachelor’s, </span><span style="margin: 0px; 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