Applied Machine Learning Engineer

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're seeking an Applied Machine Learning Engineer to spearhead the technical development of our first production-grade, agentic AI solutions. You will be a founding technical member of the AI Modernization charter, responsible for bringing AI models to life and demonstrating clear business value to customers. Your focus is on engineering building, reliable, and observable AI systems.

What You'll Do :

• Design, build, and deploy end-to-end generative AI applications and agents using modern frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• Implement and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures to ground models in customer-specific data.
• Establish and execute evaluation frameworks (Evals) and A / B testing methodologies to measure model performance and guard against failure modes (e.g., hallucination).
• Collaborate with the Integrations team to ensure AI solutions are seamlessly integrated into customer products and the DigitalOcean platform.
• Work with the AI Product Manager to translate customer use cases into rapid, iterative AI prototypes and production pilots.

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