HPC & AI Research Engineer / Software Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Originally posted 10 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on HPC and AI solutions on AMD EPYC processors.
About the role
This role involves leading the enablement and optimization of HPC and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions on AMD EPYC processors. It requires deep expertise in x86 architecture and hands-on experience with HPC applications, AI frameworks, and models.
What you'll do
- Lead enablement and optimization of HPC and AI solutions
- Collaborate with product, marketing, and silicon development teams
- Shape strategies for performance optimization
- Shape strategies for competitive analysis
- Shape strategies for end-customer application optimization
What you'll need
- Deep expertise in x86 architecture
- Hands-on experience with HPC applications
- Hands-on experience with AI frameworks
- Hands-on experience with AI models and their deployment at production-level clusters
- MS in Computer Science or a related equivalent
Nice to have
- Comprehensive understanding of x86 computing architecture
- Proven expertise in software-level code optimization and tuning
- Strong familiarity with system level profiling (uProf/Vtune/etc) and interpretation of perf metrics
- Familiarity with current and emerging AI tools such as claude, curser
- Contribution to HPC code bases in CPU/GPU
- PhD in Computer Science or a related equivalent
Skills: HPC, AI solutions, EPYC processors, software optimization, production clusters
This role has been open 34 days — well below the 50-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
973
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$235k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (973 roles · 85 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 55 | 973 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 404 | 6144 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 21 d | 50 d (−29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $235k |
Skills observed across this category: HPC, AI solutions, EPYC processors, software optimization, production clusters
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 289 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm · 61 open roles · median 57 d
- AMD (this employer) · 57 open roles · median 21 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 90 d
- Intel Corporation · 40 open roles · median 9 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 80 d
How we counted: 973 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 85 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.