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Principal Software Engineer at DigitalOcean | Denver

On-site Full-time $227K/yr - $283.8K/yr
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Experience Level

Senior

Qualifications

Qualifications:Proven expertise in software engineering with a strong focus on AI/ML applications. Experience in designing scalable architectures and backend systems. Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide technical teams. Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively across teams. Familiarity with cloud platforms and technology trends in AI/ML.

About the role

Join the DigitalOcean team and elevate your career while collaborating with a dynamic group of talented professionals dedicated to simplifying cloud solutions. If you possess a growth mindset, thrive on bold ideas, and enjoy the rapid pace of an industry leader, you’ll fit right in. Our culture emphasizes teamwork, learning, enjoyment, and making a significant impact for aspirational creators worldwide.

Scope and Mission:

  • Lead the architecture and operation of the Gradient AI platform, ensuring an innovative and user-friendly agent development experience that prioritizes exceptional scalability, performance, and reliability.
  • Champion the architectural vision and technical quality throughout backend systems and user interactions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Architect and Build
    • Design and refine the architecture for our agent development experience encompassing code integration, evaluations, observability, tools, and cross-agent interactions.
    • Initiate efforts to create an architecture that maximizes scalability, reliability, low-latency, and cost-effectiveness.
    • Oversee and enhance our benchmarking system to continually improve our platform.
    • Lead the rollout of new services by actively engaging in hands-on roles as needed to ensure timely delivery.
  • Technical Leadership
    • Define and uphold technical standards, coding practices, tools, and infrastructure guidelines across AI/ML engineering teams.
    • Formulate best practices for design, testing, deployment, instrumentation, and performance optimization.
    • Mentor senior engineers, contributing to a culture of architectural integrity and operational excellence.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
    • Collaborate with product managers, stakeholders, and business leaders to translate strategic goals into implementable technical roadmaps.
    • Support customer-facing teams (e.g., consultants, support, sales engineers) in shaping AI modernization initiatives through agent technology.
  • Reliability, Performance & Scaling
    • Lead operational excellence initiatives for our agent development platform, establishing scalable processes and mechanisms that align with the engineering organization’s growth.

About DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean is a leading cloud service provider that empowers developers to build, manage, and scale applications easily and efficiently. Our mission is to simplify cloud infrastructure, enabling innovators and builders worldwide to achieve their goals.

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