THE ROLE:
We are seeking a highly experienced Data Center Architect to drive strategic engagement with hyperscale and large-scale data center customers. This role will serve as a critical bridge between customer architecture teams and internal engineering, shaping next-generation infrastructure solutions leveraging custom ASIC and FPGA technologies.
The ideal candidate has deep experience working directly with hyperscalers, understands large-scale data center design tradeoffs, and has a proven track record influencing platform architectures across networking, server control, and storage domains.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead technical engagement with hyperscalers and mega data center customers to define next-generation platform architectures
- Serve as a trusted advisor to customer architecture, silicon, and infrastructure teams across multiple functional areas
- Drive alignment between customer requirements and internal roadmap for custom ASIC and FPGA-based solutions
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams to shape solution strategy and execution
- Define and influence architectures across key domains including:
- High-performance NIC / networking acceleration
- Server platform control / manageability (BMC, DC-SCM, etc.)
- Storage virtualization and data movement acceleration
- Translate hyperscaler use cases into scalable product and platform requirements
- Support business development efforts including customer presentations, executive engagements, and long-term strategic planning
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 12+ years of experience in data center architecture, silicon platforms, or hyperscaler infrastructure
- Proven experience working directly with hyperscalers or large-scale cloud/data center operators
- Strong cross-functional engagement skills with customer engineering, architecture, and operations teams
- Deep technical experience in custom ASIC design and/or FPGA-based solutions
- Solid understanding of modern data center architecture, including networking, compute, storage, and system management
- Experience influencing or defining platform architectures in large-scale deployments
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Expertise in one or more focus areas:
- SmartNICs / DPUs / network offload architectures
- Server management and platform control (BMC, firmware, system management)
- Storage acceleration, disaggregation, and virtualization
- Experience bringing custom silicon solutions from concept to deployment at hyperscale
- Familiarity with PCIe, CXL, high-speed interconnects, and data center protocols
- Ability to operate at both deep technical and executive engagement levels
LEADERSHIP PROFILE:
- Strategic thinker with strong customer-facing presence
- Proven ability to influence both internal roadmaps and external customer architectures
- Strong communication skills across engineering and executive audiences
