Senior Software Engineer I

At DigitalOcean, we're not just simplifying cloud computing - we're revolutionizing it. We serve the developer community and the businesses they build with a relentless pursuit of simplicity. With our customers at the heart of what we do - and powered by a diverse culture that values boldness, speed, simplicity, ownership, and a growth mindset - we are committed to building truly useful products. Come swim with us!

As a Senior Software Engineer at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing. In this role, you will take on complex and impactful technical challenges, contributing to the design, development, and optimization of the systems that power our platform. You’ll work collaboratively across teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions and help drive the technical vision forward. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about mentoring, solving tough engineering problems, and making a lasting impact on the product.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and scale backend systems and services that are integral to our platform’s success.
• Lead the implementation of new features and improvements, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define technical solutions that enhance the developer experience for our users.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex issues, providing elegant and efficient solutions that are sustainable at scale.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, while setting high standards through code reviews and best practices.
• Contribute to and influence architectural decisions, helping to shape the platform’s long-term technical vision.
• Optimize platform performance, reliability, and scalability through ongoing improvements and proactive monitoring.
• Participate in rotating on-call support, offering guidance and resolving production issues when necessary.
  
  

What You'll Add To DigitalOcean

• A solid understanding of building and maintaining distributed systems.
• Experience with resilience engineering, fault tolerance, and failure domains as they relate to database backends.
• Strong spoken and written technical capabilities in developing and maintaining software.
• Proficiency in developing APIs with Golang.
• Experience with concurrency patterns in Golang.
• Working knowledge of microservices using container workload engines and frameworks such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and frameworks.
• A strong background and exposure to different databases.
• Familiarity with prevalent message bus and queuing technologies.
• Passion for collaborating directly with customers to discover their Jobs To Be Done, and developing simple delightful solutions to solve those jobs.
• Ability to work closely with front-end developers.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate and demonstrate empathy with key stakeholders, both spoken and written.
  
  

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 your overall well-being, from one-time work from home stipend to wellness allowance 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.
• We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. 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.
• This is a Hybrid role