Senior Software Engineer - AI/ML

Position Overview

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build features and improvements end to end to make accelerated compute simple and accessible for everyone. The AI/ML team is responsible for building an AI platform to manage OSS and custom models across modalities (LLMs, images, audios, videos) on top of a high-performance inference engine, ensuring the latest state-of-the-art models are always available at peak performance. Join a fast-paced team committed to building the next generation of AI/ML workflows on DigitalOcean.

Key Responsibilities

• Own a technical area by providing technical leadership for a team
• Drive large cross-functional projects independently to completion
• Work primarily in Python and Go to build and scale model services such as inference, fine-tuning, model benchmarks, and evaluations
• Maintain and develop APIs and SDKs
• Collaborate on design and UX
• Build and scale products to achieve operational excellence
• Independently ship product features from planning to launch to maintenance with high autonomy
• Collaborate with other engineers to find elegant architectures and solutions

Required Qualifications

• Own a technical area by providing technical leadership for a team
• Experience with ML platforms, AI techniques (e.g., LLMs, multimodal, large vision models) or with genAI-related concepts (e.g., evaluations, language modeling, computer vision)
• Able to make effective trade-offs between engineering and product requirements while balancing short-term and long-term needs
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment building and scaling production-grade systems
• Demonstrated design and UX sensibilities, especially for technical teams
• Knowledge of API standards including REST, Python, or Go

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: $167,200 - $209,000
• Location: Remote