Director, Software Development, AI Platforms

Come to AWS to build technology with global impact. Millions of customers, including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies, trust AWS to power their infrastructure and accelerate their AI/ML initiatives through our comprehensive stack of tools and services. Our AI Infrastructure organization is at the forefront of innovation, building and scaling the foundational technologies that enable customers to develop, train, and deploy machine learning models with unparalleled performance, security, and reliability.

We are seeking an experienced Director of Software Development to lead SageMaker's next distributed training systems for AI models. The ideal candidate will drive innovation in model customization capabilities, focusing on advanced techniques such as reinforcement learning and model distillation to enhance our AI offerings. You will spearhead the development of optimized training engines that create significant price-performance advantages for our customers, enabling them to train larger models more efficiently. This role requires strategic vision to build and scale training applications and tools that simplify the AI development process while maintaining Amazon's high standards for performance and reliability.