HPC Systems Engineer - AI Workloads

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THE ROLE:

We are seeking an AI Systems Engineer to join our AMD IT compute platforms engineering team. The AI Systems Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and administration of High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure, GPU clusters, and AI workload schedulers. 

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for learning. You are passionate about the field of large-scale distributed computing in AI and HPC workloads. You take responsibility for end-to-end outcomes of your efforts. You want to build scalable and highly performant HPC/AI/Data services with AMD hardware, software, people and processes. You have a curiosity to learn and improve scalable HPC systems. You have significant experience in working across a globally distributed organization. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, implement, and maintain GPU-based clusters, ensuring optimal performance  
• Administer ML/AI platforms – Distributed ML services, LLMs and AI inferencing, by managing deployments, resource allocation, monitoring, and security. 
• Automate system provisioning and Cluster management end to end 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address AI infrastructure requirements, support AI-related projects, and provide technical expertise. 
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of AI systems and clusters, ensuring that they adhere to industry best practices and meet company standards. 
• Use AI/ML to continuously improve internal processes and tools that are used in end-to-end delivery of your services in this team 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in developing Python based AI apps and UI 
• HPC infrastructure engineering for AI/HPC domain 
• SLURM and Kubernetes management 
• Managing GPU clusters optimizing GPU-based services/tools/software 
• Experience in creating web services with HPC backend (like AI) 
• Proficiency in RoCEv2, K8s, KVM, Ubuntu, Python, Shell, GPU drivers, and Cluster interconnect with 400G networking. 
• Demonstrated experience with AI workload schedulers and allocation optimization. 
• Automation/monitoring tool - Ansible / Saltstack, Terraform, Prometheus,  Grafana 
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders at all levels of the organization. 

EDUCATION: Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or computer engineering preferred. 

LOCATION:

San Jose, CA

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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