# Benjamin Lewis

> Software Development Engineer at AMD

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/benjaminlewis

- Experience software developing in fast-paced work environments using C/C++ programming, embedded systems, scripting, and unit testing.
- Experience lead developing software products for internal and customer use.
- Skilled in Modern C++, Python, C, React Native, Shell Scripts, and JavaScript. 
- Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science from San Francisco State University.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Development Engieer @ AMD
Jan 2026 – Present | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Software Development Engineer II @ AMD
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | Santa Clara, California, United States
• Developing industry-quality C/C++ and Python software solutions tailored to enhance the functionality and performance of AMD CPUs.
• Lead developer of the Silent Compute Test Suite (SCTS) and All Day Battery (ADB), comprehensive test suites featuring diverse benchmarks—from web applications to Microsoft Office tasks—programmed to replicate real-world user interactions on modern computing platforms.
• Optimization developer for ray tracing kernels within the open-source Embree library, specifically improving performance and efficiency on AMD architectures.
• Developer on multiple Test Suites including SCTS, ADB, OPTS, and BPTS, each designed to execute a spectrum of intensive workloads. These suites help identify CPU deficiencies such as power consumption, performance efficiency, temperature management, and user responsiveness.

### Software Development Engineer @ AMD
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Santa Clara County, California, United States
- Developing industry-quality C/C++ and Python software solutions to improve upon AMD CPUs
- Utilizing SIMD instructions; SSE, AVX, NEON
- Lead developer of Silent Compute Test Suite. SCTS contains a series of benchmarks ranging from Web to Microsoft Office that simulate typical user engagement on modern platforms.
- Optimization developer working to increase performance of the raytracing kernels Open-Source library Embree on AMD processors.
- Performing data analysis on different system architectures to identify and resolve CPU deficits like power, Performance per Watt, CPU temperature and responsiveness.

### Software Engineer @ SERES EV
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Santa Clara, California, United States
Member of the Intelligent Connectivity Team responsible for contributing to the HMI (Human-Machine-Interface).
Writing industry quality, multi-threaded programs that are used for Over-The-Air (FOTA and DOTA) services for electric vehicles.
Creating and maintaining firmware download and update services for electric vehicle ECUs; implementing debug logging, MQTT/ JSON cloud communication, and CAN bus filtering.
Developing scalable and robust software using C/ C++11 for x86 architecture and ARM embedded systems.

### Software Engineer Intern @ SERES EV
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Santa Clara, California, United States
Responsible for contributing to the HMI (Human-Machine Interface) for the development of future SERES electric vehicles. 
Work closely with Firmware and Cloud teams to create and maintain firmware download and update services for Telecommunications box. 
Cooperate workflow using Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket (git). 
Write shell scripts for third-party libraries cross-compiled on host x86 Linux for target ARM architecture.

### Swim Instructor @ Waterworks Aquatics
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Swim instructor that teaches all levels of swimming from beginner to advanced.

### Associate Engineer @ ITC Service Group
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Roseville, CA
Associate engineer in charge of blueprinting LCP (Local Convergence Point) fiber optic placement. 
Used google mapping systems aligned with uniform drafting sheets to measure conversion and progress logging. 
QA engineer for LCP designs as well as responsible for tracking issues and identifying solutions with measurements.

### Software Engineer Intern @ OUYA, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Mateo, CA
Engineering intern for Android-based console. 
Performed tasks for the software, hardware, and customer support teams. 
Console testing, logged bugs and triaged issues. 
Responsible for handling logging results and sending them to the proper department for review.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
San Francisco State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benjamin-lewis984
- Website: http://github.com/Benjaminlewis984
- Website: https://b-d63a06-lewis.netlify.app/

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Last updated: 2026-04-01