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Sr. Director of Engineering, Data Center Infrastructure

Seattle, WashingtonFull-time2026-10-01 → 2026-10-22
No visa sponsorship

Core

Lead strategy, architecture, deployment, and operation of next-generation AI data centers and large-scale compute environments.

Role type

Sr. Director of Engineering, Data Center Infrastructure

Builds

Scalable AI infrastructure supporting AMD's internal development, validation, and customer enablement initiatives

Domain

Semiconductor / AI Infrastructure / Data Center Operations

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Executive leadership, systems thinking, data center architecture, networking, distributed systems, cluster operations, large-scale infrastructure deployment, power distribution, cooling strategies, capacity forecasting, SRE principles, observability, automation, reliability engineering

Preferred skills

Large-scale data center environment design, leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, AI/cloud/hyperscale/HPC infrastructure experience, data center power/thermal/capacity expertise, high-performance networking (RDMA, InfiniBand), compute cluster lifecycle management, IaC, executive communication

Technologies

RDMA, InfiniBand, SDN, Ethernet fabrics, switching, routing, firmware, software-defined networking

Responsibilities

Define end-to-end AI data center infrastructure strategy; Lead architecture and deployment for large-scale AI/HPC environments; Drive infrastructure planning for power, cooling, space, and capacity; Own architecture decisions spanning silicon, servers, and full data center deployments; Lead design and lifecycle management of large-scale AI training/inference clusters; Lead a global organization of 50-75 engineers and architects

Seniority

Sr. Director, executive leadership