DigitalOcean

Technology

SeniorEngineeringManager,KernelandVirt

California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Engineering Manager, Kernel and Virt at DigitalOcean. Skills: Team Leadership, Kubernetes, AI infrastructure, GPU utilization. Lead our Inference Orchestration team, driving the strategy, execution, and scaling of our Kubernetes-based AI infrastructure. Responsible for balancing business needs with technical excellence, ensuring high throughput, optimal GPU utilization, and robust fault tolerance for our next-generation disaggregated inference, fine-tuning, and training workloads.”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

system design

What You'll Do.

Lead our Inference Orchestration team

and scaling of our Kubernetes-based AI infrastructure. Responsible for balancing business needs with technical excellence

ensuring high throughput

optimal GPU utilization

and robust fault tolerance for our next-generation disaggregated inference

and training workloads.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

Full Job Description

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Inference Orchestration team, driving the strategy, execution, and scaling of our Kubernetes-based AI infrastructure. You will be responsible for balancing business needs with technical excellence, ensuring high throughput, optimal GPU utilization, and robust fault tolerance for our next-generation disaggregated inference, fine-tuning, and training workloads. What You'll Do: Team Leadership bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program. DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service. Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.

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