Software Engineer, AI

About the role

DigitalOcean is hiring a Software Engineer, AI for its AI team within Cloudways, which integrates AI capabilities into its managed hosting platform. You will report to the AI Engineering Manager and work cross-functionally with platform engineers, product managers and infrastructure teams. The role is onsite.

Key responsibilities

• Build agentic AI agents that automate workflows
• Integrate MCP so AI agents connect to existing Cloudways services
• Improve existing agents with AI-driven automation, anomaly detection and refinement
• Write production code in Python and PHP
• Integrate with databases, APIs and backend systems
• Apply basic AI concepts such as prompt engineering, RAG and function calling
• Collaborate with product, infrastructure and other development teams

Required profile

• 3-5 years of experience
• Self-motivated engineer able to work independently on end-to-end AI solutions
• Growth mindset, comfortable thinking big and working in a fast-paced environment

Required skills

• Python
• PHP
• Prompt engineering, RAG and function calling

What we offer

• Salary based on market data, experience and skills, with possible bonus and equity compensation
• Reimbursement for conferences, training and education, plus access to LinkedIn Learning
• Employee assistance program, local meetups and flexible time off