Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) for AI and GenAI Inference Optimization

About the Role

Responsibilities

• Partner with customers as part of the FDE team to enable and optimize large language models (LLMs) and multimodal models on AMD Instinct GPUs, meeting committed performance and accuracy targets.
• Optimize GenAI inference pipelines on vLLM and SGLang, including PD disaggregation, expert parallelism (EP/wide-EP), tensor/data parallelism, speculative decoding, and KV cache management.
• Develop and tune low-level GPU kernels (Triton, HIP, composable kernels) for attention, MoE, GEMM, quantization, and normalization operations.
• Profile end-to-end workloads, identify bottlenecks across GPU/CPU boundaries, and deliver measurable throughput and latency improvements versus competitive targets.
• Enable advanced data types and techniques (FP8, MXFP4, sparse attention) with a focus on both performance and numerical accuracy.
• Debug complex runtime, stability, and accuracy issues in production environments; partner with core engineering teams to identify root causes and contribute fixes.
• Contribute optimizations back to open-source frameworks (vLLM, SGLang, ATOM, AITER) and internal libraries; document best practices and deliver production-ready artifacts to customers.
• Leverage AI-assisted coding tools and agentic workflows to accelerate development, debugging, optimization, and code review across the inference stack.
• Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) for AI and GenAI Inference Optimization
• We are seeking a Member of Technical Staff to join our Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team. In this customer-facing role, you will work directly with strategic partners and customers as part of the FDE team to enable, optimize, and deploy state-of-the-art GenAI inference workloads on AMD data center CPUs and GPUs (InstinctTM family). You will bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI models and AMD hardware, driving competitive performance across the full inference stack.

What You'll Bring

Nice to Have

• Experience optimizing frontier models (DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, MiniMax, GLM, etc.) in production environments.
• Track record of contributing to open-source AI inference frameworks.
• Experience integrating AI-driven automation into engineering workflows and developer tooling.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills and the ability to manage technical deliverables against committed timelines.
• AMD is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage candidates to apply even if their experience does not align perfectly with every qualification listed. If you are excited about this role and believe you can make an impact, we would welcome your application.
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• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.