Senior Capacity Planner

DigitalOceanSeattle, Washington, United States · Posted Today

Full-timeEst. 119,000 USD

Description

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 are looking for a Senior Capacity Planner who is passionate about growing DigitalOcean’s Serverless Instance offering through physical infrastructure optimization.

As a Senior Capacity Planner at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. Reporting to the Capacity Planning Lead, you will drive utilization across our Serverless Instance offering by predicting customer demand shifts and following novel model releases. After establishing processes and automation, you will additionally focus on deploying new GPU hardware and working with cross functional stakeholders to optimize our physical infrastructure.

What You’ll Do:

Analyze usage statistics across serverless inference models and spot demand to identify optimization opportunities in server assignment
Make and implement recommendations on GPU server allocation across models to maximize revenue and utilization
Build tools and processes to automate and streamline model-to-server assignment decisions, reducing manual analysis over time
Maintain a deep, current understanding of the GPU hardware market — new models, availability, price/performance tradeoffs — to inform procurement and deployment decisions
Track rack and power capacity for GPU infrastructure across global data centers
Partner with DCOPS, Network Engineering, Product, and Delivery teams to plan and execute physical GPU server deployments
Forecast future GPU demand (both inference spot capacity and physical infrastructure) to inform procurement timelines
Identify opportunities to redistribute or optimize existing GPU hardware placement across racks and cabinets
Build dashboards and reporting to track GPU utilization, spot capacity trends, and deployment status
Escalate capacity risks or bottlenecks before they impact GPU availability or revenue

Key Metrics:

Revenue impact from optimized serverless inference server assignment
Serverless inference spot capacity utilization
Forecast accuracy for physical GPU infrastructure needs
On-time delivery of GPU hardware deployments
Rack/power capacity utilization for GPU fleet

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

5+ years of experience in capacity planning, infrastructure operations, or a related technical/analytical role
Strong understanding of the current GPU hardware market — models, vendors, availability, and performance characteristics
Familiarity with serverless inference workloads and spot capacity dynamics
Experience analyzing usage and demand data to drive resource allocation or optimization decisions
Strong foundation with SQL and data visualization tools (e.g. Looker, Grafana) to build reporting and models
Experience with, and strong interest in building, automation/tooling/AI agents to reduce manual analysis
Working knowledge of data center rack and power capacity planning concepts
Strong cross-functional communication skills, with experience partnering across DCOPS, Network Engineering, Product, and Delivery
Bonus: experience with data center inventory tools such as dcTrack or Netbox

Compensation Range:

$106,000 - $132,000

*This is a hybrid role

JR: 2026-8183

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Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.

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