Sr. Lead SW Dev Eng

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Sr. Lead SW Dev Eng (Platform / RDMA driver)

THE ROLE: 

AMD is looking for an influential software engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.   

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Platform Software Engineer with expertise in RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) driver development on Linux and/or Windows. The ideal candidate will work on designing, developing, and optimizing high-performance networking solutions for AINIC and DPU applications

Key Responsibilities:

Develop, enhance, and maintain RDMA drivers for high-speed networking (e.g., Ethernet, InfiniBand, RoCE) on Linux and/or Windows.

Optimize low-latency, high-throughput data transfer mechanisms for HPC, cloud, and storage applications.

Work on kernel-mode and user-mode driver components for RDMA.

Debug and troubleshoot network stack, kernel, and driver-level issues using tools like Wireshark, perf, ftrace, and kernel debuggers.

Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and networking teams to enable seamless integration with RDMA-capable NICs.

Ensure compliance with RDMA standards, protocols, and APIs such as Verbs, libibverbs, and DPDK/SPDK.

Enhance system performance and reliability through profiling, tuning, and benchmarking.

Contribute to open-source RDMA projects or Linux kernel subsystems.

Required Skills & Experience:

10 years of experience in Linux or Windows kernel development and device driver programming.

Strong expertise in RDMA technologies such as InfiniBand, RoCE.

Proficiency in C/C++ programming for kernel and system-level software.

Experience with networking stacks, TCP/IP, and high-speed Ethernet.

Strong debugging and profiling skills using GDB, WinDbg, ftrace, perf, or equivalent tools.

Experience in low-latency networking, high-performance computing (HPC), or storage acceleration.

Experience with Windows RDMA stack, NDK (Network Direct Kernel), and Mellanox/NVIDIA RDMA solutions.

Familiarity with DPDK, SPDK, and hardware acceleration for networking.

Knowledge of PCIe, DMA, and hardware offload mechanisms.

Contributions to Linux RDMA subsystems or open-source projects.

Experience with cloud networking, virtualization (SR-IOV, VFIO), or container networking (Kubernetes, RDMA CNI).

Educational Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or related fields.

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