AMD · 3 hours ago
Sr. Manager Software Development, AI Models and Applications
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/ExecutiveAMD is a company focused on building innovative products that enhance computing experiences across various domains. They are seeking a Senior Manager for AI Models and Applications to lead a team in developing efficient Generative AI training and inference methods using cutting-edge technology.
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Responsibilities
Lead a team focusing on research, design, and implement novel methods for efficient Generative AI
Propose and apply innovative techniques to support both training and inferencing including innovative transformer architectures, parallelism strategies to train on large clusters, low-precision training, model quantization, and acceleration for algorithms on various AMD platform, e.g., GPU/CPU/AIE
Collaborate with software and hardware team to E2E co-optimize performance on current and future AMD solutions
Work with open-source framework and community (e.g., Pytorch, JAX, Huggingface) to integrate AMD optimized models, libraries and publish training recipes
Publish and promote your work within AMD and at external venues
Qualification
Required
Deep technical understanding of the latest generative AI applications like large language models (LLMs), large multimodal models (LMMs), image/video generation
Outstanding people leadership skills to lead, motivate, and guide your team
Strong ability to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD
Lead a team focusing on research, design, and implement novel methods for efficient Generative AI
Propose and apply innovative techniques to support both training and inferencing including innovative transformer architectures, parallelism strategies to train on large clusters, low-precision training, model quantization, and acceleration for algorithms on various AMD platform, e.g., GPU/CPU/AIE
Collaborate with software and hardware team to E2E co-optimize performance on current and future AMD solutions
Work with open-source framework and community (e.g., Pytorch, JAX, Huggingface) to integrate AMD optimized models, libraries and publish training recipes
Publish and promote your work within AMD and at external venues
Master's degree or above; with major in CS, EE, Mathematics, or a related field
Preferred
Strong technical expertise in Gen AI model training and inference, and familiarity working with deep learning frameworks like Pytorch/JAX/vLLM/SGLang
Strong technical expertise in algorithmic innovation towards efficient Gen AI application for both training and inferencing; Expertise/publications in one of the areas preferred - efficient model architectures, optimized training, innovative parallelism strategies, low-precision training, model quantization
Additional plus if publications include conferences such as NeuRIPS, CVPR, ECCV/ICCV, ICML, ICLR, etc
Experience productizing any of the following also a plus: LLMs, Large Multi-modal models, 3D World Model or agentic workflows
Strong leadership and management skills
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, ability to coordinate internally and externally
Several years of experience in AI, deep learning and related software development, along with experience mentoring and managing high performing teams
Benefits
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AMD
Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Founded in 1969
10001+ employees
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