Principal Software Engineer, Agentic AI

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THE ROLE:

AMD is seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Agentic AI to rapidly build and prove new AI software opportunities, and to help our organization stay at the leading edge of agentic software development.

THE PERSON

An AI-native builder and broad generalist who ships fast by directing AI agents, understands hardware, and works well with partners in ambiguous, fast-moving settings.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Rapidly build prototypes and proofs of concept using agentic development workflows.
• Optimize prototypes on AMD platforms, going down the stack when needed.
• Work directly with partner engineering teams on joint technical work.
• Build and share agentic tools and workflows across the organization.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Broad experience shipping software across products, domains and layers of the stack.
• Deep, current, hands-on fluency with AI coding agents and agentic workflows.
• Hardware understanding from system level toward the metal: how CPU, GPU and NPU architecture, memory, power and thermals shape software, with the ability to go deeper when performance demands it.
• Strong programming skills and experience with modern AI/ML frameworks and inference.
• Bonus: open source; graphics, gaming or client platform experience.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

LOCATION:

Austin, TX, Bellevue or Seattle, WA, Santa Clara, CA within a commutable distance to other AMD offices.

THIS ROLE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR VISA SPONSORSHIP.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.