DigitalOcean
The Principal Engineer serves as the top-tier technical authority for the DBaaS platform, driving the modernization of managed database services into an AI-native ecosystem. This role involves architecting solutions for large-scale distributed computing challenges and executing a multi-year technical roadmap to support high-concurrency AI workloads. The position requires deep expertise in system resiliency, performance optimization, and mentoring senior engineering talent to meet the demands of real-time AI inference.
Headquarters
Broomfield, Colorado, United States
Company Size
1001-5000 employees
Founded
2012
DigitalOcean is an AI-native cloud platform offering a fully integrated stack spanning GPU infrastructure, inference engine, managed agents, and core cloud services such as Droplets, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, and storage. The platform is purpose-built for running AI products in production, supporting use cases from serverless and dedicated inference to large-scale agentic workloads, with over 70 open and frontier models available on a single endpoint. DigitalOcean owns its own silicon and data center infrastructure across 20 global locations, delivering predictable economics and developer-friendly tooling for startups, SMBs, and AI-focused teams.
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Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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