Software Development Eng. Job Listing at AMD in Markham, ON (Job ID 65653-en-us)

Description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. 

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 THE ROLE: 

AMD is looking for a specialized software engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.  

THE PERSON: 

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Work collaboratively across different teams to design, implement, validate, and deliver key software to support all internal AMD engineers/QA and external partners.
• Provide input to architecture, design, and documentation efforts as they arise across teams - Work closely with senior developers, architects, and stakeholders to maintain a long-term strategy and coordinate with subject matter experts in different engineering and QA areas.
• Provide guidance and mentorship across  engineering teams on complex technical challenges.
• Demonstrate technical and team leadership by proactively identifying gaps and developing plans to remediate in collaboration with library owners and engineering principal colleagues.    
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture
• Debugging/fix existing issues and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
• Develop technical relationships with peers and partners 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Strong object-oriented programming background using .Net/C# as backend and Angular/react as frontend architecture.
• Cloud based application development experience with emphasis on using Azure tools for web development.
• Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail
• Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent 

Location : Markham, Canada

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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.