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Qais Al-Lafi

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Senior Director of Engineering at AI71
📍 Seattle, Washington, United States

Qais is a seasoned Engineering and AI Leader at AI71, with over 20 years of experience building and scaling systems at Microsoft and Amazon. He was instrumental in developing groundbreaking products like the Amazon Astro robot and Microsofts Copilot. Colleagues describe him as dedicated, result-driven, and a fantastic problem-solver.

Originally from Jordan, Qais developed a passion for technology and engineering early on. He lived in Seattle for nearly a decade before moving to Abu Dhabi. He is also a proud father, recently celebrating his sons published research in the field of efficient AI.

Unique fact: He was a key contributor to the creation of Amazons first personal robot helper, Astro.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Senior Director of Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
Personality Overview

How Qais shows up

Friendly But Fast
Dynamic But Sincere
Decisive But Friendly

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Priorities

Topics Qais cares about

Applied AI Solutions
He has a stated passion for turning research into scalable solutions that drive business growth and operational efficiency, from AWS and Copilot to his current role at AI71.
Consumer Robotics
Played a pivotal role in creating Amazon's Astro robot, a multi-year project that addressed some of the most difficult problems in consumer robotics.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Senior Director of Engineering
AI71
6-2021 - 12-2024
Software Engineering - Microsoft Copilot, Search, Assistant and Intelligence (MSAI)
Microsoft
7-2019 - 6-2021
Software Engineering
Amazon Lab126
10-2016 - 9-2019
Software Engineering
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
11-2015 - 10-2016
Principal Software Engineer
EXPRESS
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2014 - 2016
Master of Science - MS
Iowa
2013 - 2013
PMP Certificate
Project Management Institute
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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