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Do you love tuning to extract every last bit of performance? If so, AMD is looking for a Senior Compiler Performance Engineer for a high impact role in Software Performance Engineering focused on improving and understanding 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.
Job Responsibility
Identify and analyze AMD strengths and weaknesses in application performance, finding performance bottlenecks
Analyze compiler generated code, including x86 and ARM assembly
Write and refactor code to take advantage of compiler optimizations, such as auto-vectorization
Work with AMD’s compiler specialists to improve code generation quality
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 compilers 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
Requirements
Experience identifying performance bottlenecks on any platform
Knowledge of modern compiler toolchains and optimizations
Deep Knowledge of C/C++ programming
Knowledge of x86/x64 assembly language and special instructions
Experience using CPU profilers such as vTune, WPA, MSVS Performance Profiler
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
At least a BS/MS in computer science, computer engineering or a related field
Nice to have
Knowledge of modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
Knowledge of SIMD instructions such as SSE, AVX, NEON
Experience developing highly parallel applications and algorithms
Experience with power/performance tuning
Knowledge of interpreted languages such as Python and JavaScript
Familiarity with both Windows and Linux environments