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Senior Engineer ; Network

Job in Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21, England, UK
Listing for: DigitalOcean
Full Time position
Listed on 2025-12-08
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Engineer I (Network)

Dive in and do the best work of your career rney 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 want people who are passionate about building huge scale networks on the Internet.

We are looking for a Senior Network Developer to join the existing network engineering team, working with the infrastructure group. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Network Engineering, the Network Developer will be part of a team that is designing, implementing and maintaining the Digital Ocean network from the Internet edge to the hypervisor connections. Our networks need to be massively scalable, and enable systems agility, while providing our hundreds of thousands of customers with the most stable platform.

We work with other infrastructure and engineering teams to ensure new products and features have scalable network architectures and will provide the performance our customers require.

If you’re looking for a Network Developer role to challenge your skills and be rewarding and fulfilling, while working with top of the line equipment and managing a large network with huge scaling requirements and modern design, this job is for you.

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Providing hands‑on technical design and engineering for network‑related tools and systems
  • Working with networking‑focused software engineers to develop/maintain our network automation and monitoring platform SDN solution and integration
  • Developing and contributing to open source projects relating to network and platform engineering
  • Helping to maintain good code quality by providing guidance during code reviews
  • Developing and maintaining network automation solutions
What We'll Expect From You:
  • BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
  • Knowledge of network engineering and experience working with vendors such as Juniper, Cisco or Arista
  • Knowledge of and demonstrated ability in at least one of the following languages:
    Go, Python
  • Expertise with Linux
  • Experience with CI/CD, containers and/or virtualization, web servers, and databases
  • Hands‑on experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack
  • Experience with automation frameworks (Salt preferred)
  • Good knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, and accustomed to multi‑branches development
  • Be either willing to relocate to or already based in at least one of the following locations:
    Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Denver, CO, Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA
Technologies we use:
  • Programming languages:
    Python, Go, Bash
  • Tools:
    Salt, Ansible, NAPALM, Net Box, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Hasura GraphQL
  • Technologies and standards: IPFIX, Open Config, NETCONF
Compensation Range:
  • $ - $

* This is a remote role

#LI-Remote

Why You'll Like Working for Digital Ocean
  • 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 Linked In 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…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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