Principal Software Engineer
DigitalOcean
5 months ago
Austin, TX, USA
Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$227k - $284k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve the architecture for the agent development experience.
- Drive initiatives for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Manage and evolve the benchmarking system for continuous improvement.
- Establish and enforce technical standards and best practices across teams.
- Mentor senior engineers to promote architectural rigor and operational excellence.
- Collaborate with product managers to create scalable technical roadmaps.
- Lead operations excellence for the agent development platform.
- Oversee performance tuning, capacity planning, and disaster recovery.
- Drive AI-driven automation to optimize operations.
- Contribute to the development of internal tooling leveraging agents.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with production-grade AI/ML platforms.
- 10+ years in designing and building cloud applications.
- 5+ years of experience in AI/ML platforms.
- Prior experience as a technical visionary in large-scale projects.
- Expertise in driving operational excellence through automation.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
- Career development resources including reimbursement for conferences and training.
- Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses.
- Competitive benefits including Employee Assistance Program and flexible time off.
- Equity compensation and potential bonuses based on performance.
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Categories
AI & MLBackendDevOps