Deep Learning Library GPU Software Developer - Performance

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The Role:

AMD is looking for an individual to join a hardworking team developing Deep Learning and High-Performance Computing GPU kernels on the AMD Radeon Open Compute (ROCm) platform (https://github.com/ROCm) and MIOpen, AMD's Deep Learning primitives library which provides highly-optimized implementations of different operators.

The Person:

The successful person will be an experienced programmer with experience in performance optimization.

Key Responsibilities:

• The ideal candidate will be responsible for writing high-performance GPU kernels for AMD’s Machine Learning and Deep Learning Library: MIOpen (https://github.com/ROCm/MIOpen)
• They will be porting and optimizing algorithms for new GPU hardware.
• Perform code reviews, build unit tests, author detailed documentation related to their work, and work with on-site and offshore teams to deliver the software solutions on schedule.
• They will play a key role in all phases of the software development including system requirements analysis, coordinating feature design and development across functional and organizational boundaries.
  
  

Preferred Experience:

• Strong programming skills in Python and C/C++.
• Experience with Hyper-V, and performance optimization techniques of virtualized environment for GPU computing is preferred.
• Experience or knowledge about deep learning primitives, fusion, and inference optimization is preferred.
• Experience using version control software such as Git.
• Strong understanding of Linux internals, Servers, and Debugging.
• Basic knowledge of software development lifecycle, SW practices including debugging, test, revision control, documentation, and bug tracking.
• Good teamwork and interpersonal skills required.
• Ability to work independently and within complementary teams.
• Demonstrate flexibility, strong motivation, and a proven track record of meeting results-oriented deadlines.
• Knowledge with deep neural network machine learning technologies and modern machine learning programming frameworks.
• Experience working with and developing virtualization containers and package managers for code deployment.
  
  

Academic Credentials:

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related subjects, or equivalent experience

LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta

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