Senior Forward Deployed Engineer I (AI/ML)
DigitalOceanabout 2 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior / Mid Level
H1B Sponsor
Responsibilities
- Partner with strategic AI-native enterprises to architect and deploy production AI systems.
- Optimize distributed inference and runtime performance through various techniques.
- Act as the 'first customer' for new AI-native platform capabilities and provide operational insights.
- Build scalable deployment assets including automation tooling and operational playbooks.
- Collaborate with GPU vendors and infrastructure partners for technical validation and optimization.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in Forward Deployed Engineering or related roles.
- Expertise in designing and operationalizing production AI systems.
- Strong hands-on experience with inference frameworks and optimization techniques.
- Proficiency with Kubernetes and large-scale AI infrastructure architectures.
- Strong coding skills in Python or Go for building automation systems.
Benefits
- Career development resources including reimbursement for conferences and access to LinkedIn Learning.
- Competitive benefits including an Employee Assistance Program and flexible time off policy.
- Equity compensation options and performance-based bonuses.
Tech Stack
About DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is the AI-Native Cloud purpose-built for the inference and agentic era. Its five-layer integrated platform—spanning GPU and CPU infrastructure, core cloud, inference, data, and managed agent orchestration—is open throughout with no vendor lock-in, giving builders everything they need to start fast, scale production AI workloads, and improve unit economics. More than 650,000 customers and millions of developers globally trust DigitalOcean to build, ship, and scale their applications.