SMTS Software Development Engineer

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About the role

Xilinx, Inc., a subsidiary of AMD, Inc., is hiring a Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS) Software Development Engineer. This role serves as a senior technical expert responsible for architecting, designing, and developing highly complex operating systems–level software, compiler toolchains, distributed build systems, and enterprise-scale CI/CD and release engineering platforms that support advanced semiconductor design and manufacturing operations.

You will utilize knowledge of computer science theory, systems architecture, distributed computing, compiler construction, networking, and large-scale infrastructure engineering to solve novel, mission-critical technical challenges affecting AMD’s global engineering productivity and silicon development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the end-to-end architecture of enterprise-grade build and release ecosystems supporting thousands of engineers across globally distributed ASIC and layout design environments.
• Design scalable, fault-tolerant, and performance-optimized CI/CD frameworks integrating operating systems internals, compiler infrastructure, distributed compute clusters, artifact management systems, and secure software supply chain controls.
• Lead development of sophisticated automation frameworks that orchestrate complex dependency graphs, parallelized execution, dynamic resource allocation, and resilient recovery mechanisms.
• Establish architectural standards and engineering best practices adopted across multiple departments.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of system bottlenecks and reliability risks and implement innovative optimization solutions.
• Resolve unprecedented technical issues impacting product quality, tape-out schedules, and time-to-market.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with ASIC, verification, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to align software architecture with silicon roadmaps.
• Exercise broad discretion and independent judgment in defining technical objectives and long-range strategies.
• Provide high-level technical guidance across organizational boundaries.

Requirements

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related field. Alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in the same fields with six (6) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in a closely related engineering role is acceptable.

Qualifications

• Four (4) years of experience in the job offered or a closely related engineering role.
• Four (4) years of experience in the following areas:
  • Software build automation pipelines and release engineering for designing and building robust software build systems.
  • Architecting large-scale software build environments.
  • Programming languages such as Java, C#, or Python.
  • Leading or mentoring a team of developers to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business requirements.
  • Developing scalable, well-designed software delivery tooling to improve developer productivity.
  • Version controlling systems, including Perforce and Git.
  • Test automation and frameworks.
  • Continuous Integration platforms: Jenkins and Buildkite.
  • Windows, Linux, or Android operating system development.
  • Software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems, GitHub, or profilers.

Benefits

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