Summary
Daniel Motles is a Senior Cloud Architect and AI developer with 13 years of experience building and productizing cloud-native systems, primarily at Qumulo and AWS. He has progressed from software engineer to senior product and cloud architecture roles, blending hands-on engineering with product management to drive storage and data services for enterprise customers. Based in Seattle, he focuses on leveraging AWS and modern cloud patterns to operationalize AI workloads and scalable file-data platforms. His cross-functional background means he can translate customer needs into technical roadmaps while still shipping code and integrations. Notably, he has deep institutional knowledge of Qumulo’s core product, having held engineering and product leadership roles that bridge architecture, feature delivery, and go-to-market. He combines pragmatic technical depth with a product-centric mindset to deliver reliable, production-grade cloud solutions.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University of Pittsburgh
English, Spanish