Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Principal Software Applications Eng

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $120K — $150K *
Vancouver, BC V5K 5J9In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience as a senior/principal software engineer in cloud-deployed applications.
  • Proficiency in Python, modern JavaScript/TypeScript, and a UI framework such as React.
  • Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases, Git, and Kubernetes.
  • Strong communication skills across functions including product and design.
  • Experience in agile delivery and managing end-to-end development processes.
  • Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and effective collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Own design of complex, data-heavy backend services and applications for AI and GPU workflows.
  • Evolve architectural direction for Kubernetes tools and APIs to ensure security and scalability.
  • Optimize systems for performance and reliability while debugging production issues.
  • Embed code quality and testing standards across teams you collaborate with.
  • Influence AI product roadmap by understanding customer needs and technical feasibility.
  • Interface with customers to clarify requirements and manage expectations.
  • Lead the decomposition of large initiatives into actionable phases and milestones.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health plans including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous retirement savings plans and employer match options.
  • Flexible work hours and potential remote work opportunities.
  • Robust professional development programs and mentorship initiatives.
  • Paid time off and holiday leave to ensure work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

THE ROLE
AMD is seeking a Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) Software Development Engineer to join the AMD Silo AI Enterprise applications and platform engineering organization. You will design, build, and evolve secure, reliable AI infrastructure applications and tools that help customers deploy, run and scale ML and LLM workloads on modern cloud and GPU infrastructure.
At this level you combine hands-on full-stack engineering with technical and strategic leadership: you influence roadmap and architecture, partner with product and customers, and raise the bar for quality, operability, and developer experience across teams.
Tech context (indicative): Kubernetes, Python, Go, relational and document data stores (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB), AMD GPU hardware, CI/CD and observability.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Engineering & architecture
  • Own and drive design of complex, data-heavy backend services and user-facing applications for AI/GPU and platform workflows (Kubernetes, APIs, integrations).
  • Set and evolve architectural direction for Kubernetes toolchain, APIs and UIs enabling core AI workflows; ensure security, scalability, and maintainability under real customer load.
  • Optimize systems for efficiency, performance and reliability; debug and resolve cross-cutting production issues.
  • Embed engineering excellence: code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and API/design standards across the teams you work with.

Product, customers & agility
  • Influence Enterprise AI roadmap through deep understanding of customer needs, market direction, and technical feasibility; translating pain into prioritized engineering work.
  • Interface with customers (and sales/customer success as needed): clarify requirements, manage expectations, and feed learnings back into the product/engineering loop.
  • Lead initiatives from evolving requirements to shipped outcomes-decompose large problems into phases, owners, and measurable milestones.

Leadership & collaboration
  • Lead technically and strategically across teams, and drive complex issues (technical and organizational) to resolution.
  • Drive AI-first development practices and continuously promote engineering efficiency using modern agent-driven software development methods.
  • Represent engineering in roadmap and trade-off discussions with product, design, and platform, and align delivery with business and UX goals.
  • Mentor and uplift engineers via design reviews, code reviews, and coaching to grow technical judgment and execution quality of the team.
  • Stay current on cloud-native, Kubernetes, GPU/ML workflows, and LLM infrastructure trends and apply pragmatic choices to our stack and practices.

EXPERIENCE & KEY QUALITIES

Required
  • Proven track record as a senior/principal-level full-stack or backend-leaning software engineer in cloud-deployed, data-intensive web applications.
  • Strong Python and modern JavaScript/TypeScript and a major UI framework (React or equivalent); solid API and service design.
  • Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases, Git, and Kubernetes (or equivalent orchestrated environments).
  • Ability to work across functions (product, design, platform, GTM) with clear communication and stakeholder management.
  • Agile delivery experience; comfort owning end-to-end design  implementation  deployment  support.
  • Initiative, ownership, and collaboration; pragmatic problem-solving under constraints.

Highly desirable
  • Experience with GPU workloads, ML/LLM training or inference pipelines, or multi-tenant platform concerns.
  • Customer-facing or field-adjacent engineering: discovery, technical scoping, or success of complex B2B deployments.
  • Open-source or platform-ecosystem awareness (K8s operators, schedulers, observability stacks).
  • Prior technical leadership: architecture decisions, cross-team initiatives, and growing engineers.

EDUCATION
  • Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.


Qualifications

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

About Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

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Join a team of over 12,000 dedicated professionals at the intersection of technology, industry expertise, and digital innovation. At AMD, you will work on groundbreaking projects that shape the future of computing and graphics. Our collaborative environment encourages networking and the sharing of ideas across teams and disciplines.

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Learn more about Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
Size
15,500 employees
Market Cap
$100.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+30.9%
Revenue
$9.7 billion
NASDAQ
AMD
* Ladders Estimates

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