Technical Account Manager

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Technical Account Manager partnering with DigitalOcean’s key customers on cloud architecture, optimization, and growth. Advocating for customers while resolving technical challenges and improving cloud adoption.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with key business customers to ensure they receive guidance, support, and resources needed to succeed
  • Develop and maintain expertise in DigitalOcean’s product portfolio and the cloud ecosystem
  • Design, diagram, and plan infrastructure architectures tailored to customer use cases
  • Conduct technical consultation sessions and workshops
  • Manage and maintain DigitalOcean’s key accounts
  • Drive customer engagement, retention, and expansion of DigitalOcean workloads
  • Conduct quarterly business reviews with key accounts
  • Identify cost-reduction and performance-optimization opportunities
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Marketing, Account Managers, Support, and other internal teams
  • Monitor customer usage trends, identify risks, and uncover growth opportunities
  • Represent customer needs in product development and support processes
  • Resolve escalations and technical challenges with Engineering and Support
  • Deliver technical presentations and training
  • Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge transfer
  • Develop tools and scripts to improve Technical Account Management efficiency
  • Stay current with industry trends and best practices

Requirements:

  • Proven experience in cloud infrastructure
  • Deep knowledge of Linux, distributed systems, and automation
  • Programming or development experience with basic skills in at least one mainstream language, such as Python or Go
  • Understanding of provisioning and deployment strategies
  • Knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, and Docker
  • Proficiency with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure
  • Proven track record of successfully troubleshooting technical problems
  • Familiarity with Git, SQL, basic database administration, CI/CD tools, and AI/ML infrastructure principles
  • Experience delivering technical solutions aligned with business goals
  • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, prioritize effectively, and set clear expectations
  • Strong analytical skills for monitoring customer trends and identifying opportunities
  • Experience advocating for customer needs and translating feedback into actionable insights
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to create and deliver technical presentations and training sessions
  • Passion for technology and open-source projects
  • Extra credit for experience in Technical Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, or Technical Account Management, particularly in fast-paced startup environments
  • Extra credit for cloud certifications, NVIDIA certifications, networking, automation tools, virtualization, databases, Docker, Kubernetes, DigitalOcean’s API, Linux certifications, Gainsight, and Salesforce

Benefits:

  • Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education, subject to company policy
  • Flexible time off
  • Local team meetups
  • Mental health and well-being support
  • Equity compensation, which may include a new hire equity grant
  • Opportunity to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Program in participating countries
  • Annual bonus plan eligibility for non-sales roles
  • Incentive compensation eligibility under the applicable sales compensation plan for sales roles