Usman Shakeel

About Usman Shakeel

Seasoned technology executive with 20+ years across large-scale software engineering, AI infrastructure, cloud, and Ad Tech. Currently serving as Director of Engineering at Amazon AGI Infrastructure, leading data preparation and compliance pipelines, GPU optimization, and AI-driven automation tooling powering Nova Models training. Most recently contributed to the launch of Nova 2.0 Frontier models and Nova Forge. A proven product and team builder, launched several industry-defining AI-powered services from ideation through scale, including AWS Clean Rooms, AWS Entity Resolution, AWS Connect Customer Profiles, and AWS RTB Fabric. These services unified customer signals across data silos to power hyper-personalized, AI-driven experiences across every customer interaction channel, forming the foundation of AWS\' Customer Data Applications offering. Experienced in building AI applications and agentic experiences that autonomously orchestrate customer journeys, leverage real-time intelligence, and deliver contextually aware interactions at scale. Passionate about leveraging cutting-edge AI tooling and agentic frameworks to accelerate engineering velocity, build intelligent capabilities, and execute Think Big vision. Proven track record of direct P&L ownership and earning C-level trust across Amazon\'s largest business units and customers.

Experience

1. Director of Engineering at Amazon Agi Infrastructure

   Amazon

   Sep 2025 — Present

   Oversaw engineering and product functions for Amazon AGI Infrastructure, Data pipelines and scientist tooling focusing on Nova Models training. • Managed data governance, compliance, and GPU optimizations to enhance model training workflows. • Developed essential tools for scientists, including automation and rapid experimentation capabilities. • Successfully launched Amazon Nova 2.0 Frontier models and expanded infrastructure platform capabilities with Nova Forge.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  B.S

  1999 — 2003

• The University of Texas at Austin

  B.A

  1999 — 2003

• University of Waterloo

  M.S.

  2004 — 2006

Skills

• Distributed Systems
• Soa
• Saas
• Agile Methodologies
• Linux
• Solution Architecture
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Broadcast Television
• Digital Media
• Content Security
• Media Archives
• Web Services
• Software Development
• Java
• Rendering
• Cloud Computing
• Big Data
• Leadership