
Senior Solutions Architect – Channel
DigitalOcean
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $117,600 - $147,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to channel partners, providing architectural guidance across a broad range of solutions and workloads
- Collaborate with Channel Managers, Account Managers, and Technical Account Managers to align on partner-led customer objectives and success plans
- Design and present repeatable architectures, delivery patterns, and best practices tailored to partner implementation models
- Lead technical deep dives, whiteboarding sessions, and executive briefings in support of partner-led engagements
- Drive partner-facing technical workshops, proof-of-concepts, and enablement sessions to accelerate customer adoption
- Troubleshoot complex partner-delivered technical challenges, collaborating with Engineering and Support teams to ensure successful outcomes
- Influence partner and customer architectures by clearly articulating the value proposition of DigitalOcean’s cloud platform
- Advocate for partner and customer needs internally, providing feedback to Product and Engineering teams to enhance platform capabilities
- Support workload expansion, customer retention, and long-term channel partner success through proactive technical engagement
Requirements
- 5+ years of Solutions Architecture, Technical Consulting, or Software Engineering experience
- Advanced knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Expertise in AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and platforms like Hugging Face
- Experience deploying and fine-tuning LLMs (DeepSeek, Llama, Claude, GPT-4)
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Linux, distributed systems, NFS, Object Storage, and GPU optimization techniques
- Hands-on experience leveraging vllm and various quantization methods for efficient model deployment
- Familiarity with DevOps tools (Docker, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines) and modern cloud-native practices
- Excellent communication skills, comfortable engaging and presenting to both engineers and executives
- Proven ability to lead complex technical engagements from discovery and solution design to post-deployment success
- Strong consultative approach, capable of identifying customer needs and crafting tailored cloud solutions
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working hours
- Professional development resources
- Employee Assistance Program
- Local Employee Meetups
- Flexible time off policy
- Bonus potential based on performance
- Equity compensation for eligible employees
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Hard Skills & Tools
Solutions ArchitectureTechnical ConsultingSoftware Engineeringpublic cloud platformsAI/ML frameworksKubernetesLinuxdistributed systemsNFSObject Storage
Soft Skills
communication skillsconsultative approachleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcustomer engagementpresentation skillsinfluencingfeedback provisiontechnical advocacy