CVP Software Infrastructure and Forward Deployed Engineering

AMD; Georgia; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking a senior leader to own the software infrastructure and the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) function across the AI stack. You will partner with AMD's software teams and customers to accelerate delivery and adoption, shaping the path from deployment to scalable solutions.

You will translate field intelligence into prioritized engineering roadmaps, drive developer productivity, and establish repeatable patterns that reduce deployment costs while expanding our AI capabilities.

Qualifications

• Years of technical leadership in high-stakes environments such as Cloud Infrastructure, AI Platform, or HPC.
• Hybrid understanding of hardware and software stacks Engineers need to own.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to link tech outcomes to business impact.
• Experience managing Sev0 incidents with clear executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Own the software infrastructure and developer productivity layer for AMD's software org, including tooling, CI/CD, and workflows.
• Lead the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) function that deploys AMD software at customer sites and feeds learnings back into roadmaps.
• Translate field intelligence and customer challenges into prioritized engineering work and roadmaps.
• Create scalable patterns, reference architectures, and tooling to reduce the cost of future deployments.

Skills

Technical leadership

Hardware/Software hybrid

Commercial acumen

Crisis management

Education

BS, MS or equivalent

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believetechnology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMDis shapingthefuture.

Whetheryou’redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger— technologythat moves the world forward.Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE:

Own the two capabilities that most directly determine how fast and how well AIG's software organization ships: (1) the engineering infrastructure and developer productivity layer that AIG's software teams run on, and (2) the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) function that puts AMD software into customers' and partners' hands and converts field learnings back into the roadmap.

THE PERSON:

Define and institutionalize the Software Infrastructure andFDE Engagementto maximize resource leverage and ensure consistent, high-velocity customer outcomes.Serve as theVoice of the Customerinternally: Translate field intelligence and customer challenges into concrete, prioritized engineering roadmaps, and ensure execution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Software Infrastructure & Developer Productivity

Own developer productivity, engineering velocity, and the internal developer platform for AIG's software organization — the tooling, CI/CD, and workflows engineers use every day.

Manage developer workloads and productivity against GPU capacity, integrating CI/CD, test, and utilization for these engineering workflows directly into the engineering organization.

Operate on a clear division of responsibility with IT: IT provides and manages the standardized base infrastructure and the underlying SLAs; engineering owns the developer-facing workloads, CI/CD pipelines, and utilization/efficiency of that capacity — with the intent that these engineering-integrated workflows are increasingly managed by engineering over time.

Establish honest, non-punitive productivity and utilization metrics that drive real efficiency gains in how AIG consumes GPU and compute capacity.

1. Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)

Build and lead the FDE function for AIG's software organization — engineers deployed alongside key customers and partners to deploy, integrate, and optimize AMD software (ROCm and the broader AI stack) in real workloads.

Close the loop between the field and the core engineering roadmap: translate deployment friction, performance gaps, and customer requirements into prioritized engineering work.

Serve as a scaling mechanism for adoption — turning individual high-touch engagements into repeatable patterns, reference architectures, and tooling that reduce the cost of the next deployment.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Years of Technical Leadership:Demonstratedtrack recordleading high-impact technical teams within high-stakes environments (e.g., Cloud Infrastructure, AI Platform, or HPC).


• The \"Hardware/Software\" Hybrid:You understand the stack from the metal up.


• Commercial Acumen & Fluency:Deep understanding of commercial drivers (ARR, Churn, Margin) and the ability to articulate how technical solutions impact deal velocity and business outcomes.


• High-Stakes Crisis Management:Experience leading through \"Sev0\" customer incidents (e.g., massive training run failures),demonstratingthepoise and clarityrequiredto manage executive communication while guiding rapid root cause resolution.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS, MS or equivalent with direct experience

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.