Amit Kshirsagar is a Software Development Engineer in the R&D team at Amazon Robotics, specializing in compute infrastructure for Foundation Model training. He led the design and deployment of Pinnate, a multi-node GPU orchestration platform that accelerated scene perception model training by 20× and improved GPU utilization by over 60%, advancing robotic manipulation in unstructured environments. His expertise spans AWS, Kubernetes, distributed training, and high-performance computing for large-scale AI systems. Previously at Visa, Amit developed enterprise security and ML-driven vulnerability management solutions, delivering multimillion-dollar savings. He is passionate about innovating scalable, secure, and efficient compute systems to drive AI and robotics forward.