Hyperscale AI Platform Architect

AMD; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD seeks an experienced Platform Architect to shape AI infrastructure and datacenter platforms. You will steer rack-scale system architectures spanning silicon to software, collaborating across AMD’s engineering teams to set roadmaps and drive complex, high-impact programs.

You will mentor engineers, influence key architectural decisions, and translate business objectives into robust platform strategies that balance performance, scalability, and cost.

Qualifications

• Platform architecture experience within semiconductor, compute, networking, or infrastructure-focused organizations.
• Experience developing products built around next-generation silicon technologies.
• Knowledge of hyperscale datacenter environments and infrastructure deployed for cloud service providers.
• Experience with AI infrastructure, rack-scale systems, server platforms, or high-performance computing solutions.
• Strong understanding of hardware/software co-design and complex system integration.
• Experience working across platform domains including compute architecture, I/O connectivity, storage, memory, power, thermal, security, and management technologies.
• Knowledge of industry standards and technologies such as PCIe, Ethernet, NVMe, Redfish/IPMI, SMBus, I²C, and platform security frameworks.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across large, cross-functional engineering organizations.
• Strong communication, collaboration, technical documentation, and mentoring capabilities.
• Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the architecture of next-generation AI, hyperscale, and datacenter platform solutions.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to develop scalable, high-performance platform architectures spanning hardware, firmware, software, thermal, power, and mechanical domains.
• Establish architectural roadmaps, interface definitions, design guidelines, and technology strategies that align with business and customer objectives.
• Lead technical reviews and drive architectural decisions across large, highly collaborative engineering programs.
• Within the first 90 days, develop a deep understanding of AMD's platform architecture methodologies, product portfolio, development processes, and ongoing strategic programs.
• Within the first 6 months, contribute architectural guidance on active projects and influence key technical decisions while building strong partnerships across engineering organizations.
• Within the first year, become a trusted technical leader responsible for driving architecture initiatives, mentoring engineers, and helping shape future product and platform strategies.
• Identify technical risks, evaluate trade-offs, and recommend solutions that optimize performance, scalability, reliability, cost, and customer value.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across architecture, silicon engineering, product management, system design, and validation teams to ensure successful product execution.
• Contribute to the evolution of AMD's AI and datacenter infrastructure roadmap through innovation, technical leadership, and system-level thinking.

Skills

Platform architecture

Next-gen silicon

Hyperscale datacenters

AI infrastructure

Hardware/software co-design

Cross-domain platform knowledge

Industry standards (PCIe/ETH/NVMe)

Technical leadership

Communication & mentoring

Distributed engineering teams

Education

Bachelor's in EE/CE/CS

Master's degree

Job description

AMD seeks an experienced Platform Architect to shape AI infrastructure and datacenter platforms. You will steer rack-scale system architectures spanning silicon to software, collaborating across AMD’s engineering teams to set roadmaps and drive complex, high-impact programs.

You will mentor engineers, influence key architectural decisions, and translate business objectives into robust platform strategies that balance performance, scalability, and cost.