Staff Engineer, Inference Optimizations
DigitalOcean · Seattle
Posted about 3 months ago · $191,200 - $239,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 87 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
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About this role
As a Staff Engineer in Inference Optimizations at DigitalOcean, you will lead the technical strategy for performance architecture and optimizations in AI inference services. Your role involves solving complex performance issues, implementing cutting-edge techniques, and mentoring other engineers while collaborating with product management to translate technical capabilities into shippable features. You will also contribute to the open-source community and maintain expertise in modern GPU architectures.
- 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
- 5+ years of experience in high-performance computing or AI infrastructure
- Deep familiarity with the Gen AI landscape
- Hands-on experience with attention-layer optimizations and parallelization strategies across distributed GPU environments
- Comprehensive understanding of NVIDIA and AMD GPU architectures and their respective software ecosystems
- Extensive experience integrating, building with, and contributing to open-source software projects
- Excellent system design skills related to low-level GPU programming
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 annual bonus plan
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options beyond hybrid
- High-performance and fast-paced environment may not suit everyone
- Role involves significant technical leadership without direct management responsibilities
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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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