Staff Forward Deployed Engineer: AI Cloud & Infra Builder

Dormont Manufacturing Co; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible time off policy

Equity compensation

Access to LinkedIn Learning courses

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer in Seattle to solve complex cloud infrastructure challenges in the AI/ML space. This high-impact role involves collaborating closely with strategic customers to drive transformational AI adoption and build production-ready applications.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in the AI/ML lifecycle and be skilled in deploying advanced applications on GPU infrastructure. DigitalOcean values innovation and career development, offering a supportive environment for personal and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in hosting large language or multimodal models.
• Deep understanding of common LLM architectures and optimization techniques.
• Expert proficiency in modern GPU families and their software stacks.

Responsibilities

• Partner with strategic customers to manage complex migrations.
• Build reusable systems and deployment automation scripts.
• Lead the testing and integration of emerging AI frameworks.

Skills

AI/ML Architecture & Domain Expertise

Distributed Systems & Infrastructure Mastery

High-Performance Inference & Hardware Optimization

Software Engineering Foundation

Consultative Execution

Education

Experience in AI/ML lifecycle

Tools

Python

Go

Kubernetes

CUDA

Job description

DigitalOcean is seeking a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer in Seattle to solve complex cloud infrastructure challenges in the AI/ML space. This high-impact role involves collaborating closely with strategic customers to drive transformational AI adoption and build production-ready applications.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in the AI/ML lifecycle and be skilled in deploying advanced applications on GPU infrastructure. DigitalOcean values innovation and career development, offering a supportive environment for personal and professional growth.