About the role
AMD is hiring an SMTS Software Development Engineer to research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for semiconductor operations. The role supports design, infrastructure, and technology platforms, including cloud-based tools and proprietary hardware and software components.
What you'll do
- Research, design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug software programs, operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software.
- Understand and define software requirements, architectures, and proprietary platforms, including hardware and software components.
- Develop software and tools in support of design, infrastructure, and technology platforms, including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases, and cloud-based tools.
- Drive software and systems solutions, development, and product definitions across cross-functional engineering teams.
- Exercise independent judgment to select methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for projects of significant technical importance.
What you'll need
- Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 4 years of experience, or a Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) with 6 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in software engineering.
- 4 years of experience shipping production-grade software using programming languages such as C++, Python, Java, Go, or YAML.
- 4 years of experience with Object-Oriented Design.
- 4 years of experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or Elasticsearch.
- 4 years of experience with CI or CD pipeline development.
- 4 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or platform reliability.
- 1 year of experience with Kubernetes-based GPU clusters.
- 1 year of experience with IaC (Terraform).
Skills: Kubernetes, GPU clusters, Terraform, Prometheus, CI/CD
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 55-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
1009
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Median days open
55 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$236k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (1009 roles · 94 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 50 | 1009 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 402 | 6527 · 156 employers |
| Median days open | 36 d | 55 d (−19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: Kubernetes, GPU clusters, Terraform, Prometheus, CI/CD
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 321 open roles · median 57 d
- Qualcomm · 59 open roles · median 59 d
- Graphcore · 48 open roles · median 99 d
- AMD (this employer) · 45 open roles · median 36 d
- Intel Corporation · 39 open roles · median 22 d
- Arm Holdings · 36 open roles · median 9 d
How we counted: 1009 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 94 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Nov 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.