Principal Agentic AI Performance Optimization Engineer

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career. Principal Agentic AI Performance Optimization Engineer THE ROLE The focus of this role is agentic systems that enable end-to-end optimization of AI workload performance on AMD hardware. You will join a team developing tools that support the broad adoption of agentic optimization loops to safely and reliably optimize AI workloads. This opportunity combines platform and tooling engineering with hands-on work in inference serving and agentic systems. Key Responsibilities Tooling for Multi-Workload / Multi-Platform Agentic AI Performance Optimization

• Develop and enhance tooling that improves the developer and operator experience across the performance optimization stack. Collaborate with researchers and engineers to transform optimization capabilities into reliable, well-tested, and well-documented solutions.
• Create safety and validation frameworks, in partnership with stakeholder teams, for agentic systems that propose and apply source code and configuration changes.
• Design flexible abstractions that support a variety of workloads, hardware platforms, and cluster environments.
• Package validated optimizations into versioned, deployable artifacts with clear provenance and traceability.
• Drive adoption and distribution of shared tooling components across teams and repositories, integrating with public framework interfaces and contributing improvements where appropriate.

Experience & Key Qualities We recognize that candidates may bring valuable experience through different paths. If your background aligns with many of the areas below, we encourage you to apply.

• Experience building developer tooling, command line tools, or automation platforms in Python, ideally within infrastructure, MLOps, or performance engineering environments.
• Experience deploying LLMs or other AI models in production using frameworks such as vLLM, SGLang, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with agentic systems and AI-driven workflows.
• Demonstrated success designing scalable software solutions.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and cluster scheduling platforms.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for learning in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
• A collaborative approach, practical problem-solving skills, and the initiative to drive solutions forward.
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience designing systems with observability and auditability in mind.
• Experience building CI/CD solutions, particularly for validating and qualifying AI workload optimizations.
• Familiarity with validation, gating, or decision-making frameworks related to AI workload performance optimization.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm.
• Knowledge of GPU architecture, kernel development, and debugging using technologies such as C, C++, HIP, or CUDA.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools and workflows.

LOCATION Sweden, Finland, Germany or UK. Remote work arrangements may be considered for candidates located outside office locations. Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance. 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. AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here. This posting is for an existing vacancy.