Staff Forward Deployed Applied Scientist (Agentic AI)
Seattle, WAHybrid
$220,000–$239,000
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Developer-friendly cloud for digital-native businesses, now bundling core cloud, GPUs, inference, data, and agent infrastructure into an AI-native platform.
Public · About 1,001–5,000 people
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2 open FDE roles at DigitalOcean
Staff Forward Deployed Applied Scientist (Agentic AI)
San Francisco, CARemote
$220,000–$239,000
View job →Both postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems.
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How DigitalOcean describes FDE work
Both postings describe production code, versus 80% of US FDE postings. Both serve external customers, versus 86% of US FDE postings. Both are read as senior or staff roles, versus 94% of US FDE postings. One allows remote work, versus 30% of US FDE postings. Both mention travel, versus 42% of US FDE postings.
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