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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 84 days DigitalOcean's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 68% of DigitalOcean's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at DigitalOcean
- high 151 stale, 1 reposted of 151 open
- Hiring momentum
- 197 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from DigitalOcean's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for DigitalOcean.
About this role
The Staff AI Architect at DigitalOcean is responsible for defining and owning the architecture of AI-native systems within the company. This role involves hands-on coding, prototyping, and building agentic systems that integrate with various enterprise applications. The architect will also set standards for governance, safety, and unit economics while collaborating across teams to ensure the successful implementation of AI workflows.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of DigitalOcean as an employer.
What you need
- Substantial experience as a software, solution, or enterprise architect (typically 10+ years)
- Recent experience building LLM and agentic systems that ran in production
- Depth in at least one production language (Python, Go, TypeScript, or Java) and cloud-native infrastructure
- Experience architecting on and integrating Workday, Salesforce, NetSuite, Greenhouse, or similar
- API and event-driven design experience
- Clear position on securing autonomous systems
Nice to have
- Experience deploying AI developer tooling at scale
- Experience re-engineering finance, people, GTM, or support processes
- Familiarity with emerging agent interoperability and identity work
- Agent evaluation and observability tooling experience
- Knowledge graphs or ontology modeling experience
What you get
- Flexible time off
- Local team meetups
- Mental health and well-being support
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Equity compensation opportunities
- Participation in an annual bonus plan
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work policies beyond being a remote role
- The role requires recent hands-on building experience, which may limit candidates who have been in advisory positions
- The position involves significant collaboration across time zones, which may require flexibility in working hours
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Listed by DigitalOcean on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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