Senior Forward Deployed Engineer II (AI/ML)

📋 Description

• Partner with strategic AI-native enterprises and startups to architect, deploy, optimize, and scale
• Optimize distributed inference and runtime performance through benchmarking, GPU efficiency tuning
• Act as the 'first customer' for DigitalOcean’s AI-native platform capabilities including Inference
• Build scalable deployment assets including benchmarking systems, automation tooling, AI starter
• Collaborate with GPU vendors, model providers, infrastructure partners, and ISVs on co-development
• Enable customer-facing technical teams and partner teams through validated deployment patterns

🎯 Requirements

• AI-Native Systems & Architecture Expertise: Experience designing and operationalizing
• Distributed Systems & Infrastructure Mastery: Deep expertise with NVIDIA and AMD GPU platforms
• Runtime & Orchestration Systems: Experience with AI orchestration and agent frameworks such as
• Software Engineering & Automation: Strong production coding skills in Python or Go with
• Performance & Operational Intelligence: Proven ability to benchmark and optimize AI
• Consultative & Cross-Functional Execution: Ability to establish technical credibility with

🎁 Benefits

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years
• DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race