Sr. Director of Engineering, Data Center Infrastructure - WA, Seattle, United States
Originally posted 1 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is responsible for the strategy, architecture, deployment, and operation of AI data centers and large-scale compute environments.
What you'll do
- Define AMD's end-to-end AI data center infrastructure strategy, including compute architecture and operational models.
- Lead architecture and deployment decisions for large-scale AI and HPC data center environments.
- Establish operational excellence through Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and capacity planning.
- Define and optimize networking architectures supporting large-scale AI and HPC environments.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a global organization of engineers, architects, and technical leaders.
- Serve as a key technical advisor to executive leadership on AI infrastructure strategy.
What you'll need
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating large-scale data center environments.
- Experience leading engineering organizations, including ownership of large multidisciplinary teams.
- Deep knowledge of AI infrastructure, server architectures, accelerator-based computing platforms, and rack-scale system design.
- Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation frameworks, monitoring, and observability.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.
Nice to have
- Master's degree preferred.
- PhD considered a plus.
Skills: AI data center infrastructure, large-scale compute environments, rack-scale and cluster-scale deployments, Site Reliability Engineering, networking architectures
This role has been open 14 days — well below the 51-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
974
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (974 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 55 | 974 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 407 | 6156 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 17 d | 51 d (−34 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: AI data center infrastructure, large-scale compute environments, rack-scale and cluster-scale deployments, Site Reliability Engineering, networking architectures
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 281 open roles · median 46 d
- Qualcomm · 61 open roles · median 55 d
- AMD (this employer) · 55 open roles · median 22 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 91 d
- Intel Corporation · 41 open roles · median 10 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 81 d
How we counted: 974 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.