Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer - RCCL CI Lead Job Listing at AMD in Austin, TX (Job ID 66827-en-us)

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We are seeking a seasoned and visionary Lead CI Engineer to architect and drive the evolution of our continuous integration infrastructure for RCCL. This role is pivotal in shaping the quality, scalability, and velocity of our software development lifecycle across diverse compute environments.

You are accustomed to working in a dynamic, geographically distributed agile team, where partnership and collaboration are paramount.  You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to express your work in a clear, cohesive fashion.  You are results-oriented and accustomed to tight deadlines and changing priorities.  Most importantly, you are constantly thinking of ways to improve performance of software and hardware.

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, resilient CI/CD pipelines that support continuous testing, quality assurance, and release automation for RCCL 
• Drive automation of job scheduling and resource management across compute clusters using tools like SLURM.
• Architect integrations with CI systems (e.g., Jenkins) and version control platforms (e.g., GitHub, GitLab) to streamline developer workflows.
• Mentor and guide a team of engineers, fostering best practices in CI/CD, testing, and infrastructure reliability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with software, hardware, and DevOps teams to ensure alignment on performance, compatibility, and release goals.
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying bottlenecks, proposing architectural enhancements, and driving adoption of modern CI/CD practices.

• Proven experience leading CI/CD initiatives in large-scale, performance-critical software environments.
• Deep expertise with CI frameworks such as Jenkins, including pipeline-as-code and custom plugin development.
• Strong background in cluster and job management tools like SLURM.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, C/C++, and Groovy.
• Solid understanding of CPU and GPU architectures, with experience supporting heterogeneous compute environments.
• In-depth knowledge of software development best practices, including automated testing, profiling, and release engineering.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent 

LOCATION: Austin, Texas

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