Senior Engineer

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 are looking for a Senior Engineer I who is passionate about Kubernetes and excited about the opportunity to take our managed Kubernetes solution (DOKS) to the next level. As a Senior Engineer I at Digital Ocean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. This role is on the DOKS team that is in charge of Digital Ocean's managed Kubernetes offering.

• Develop the Digital Ocean Managed Kubernetes product.
• Develop back‑end gRPC services written in Go deployed on Kubernetes.
• Design back‑end services and author engineering design documents.
• Raise the bar for Operational Excellence.
• Independently lead projects.
• Navigate the complexity of distributed systems and operate them in production.
• Break the design documents into actionable epics and stories with estimates.
• Run experiments to optimize user experience and increase adoption of DOKS.
• Contribute to and maintain open‑source projects, and collaborate with our developer community through customer meetings, blogs, and podcasts.
• Find emerging tools, trends, and methodologies and show your team how to integrate them against existing systems and processes.
• Regularly interact with important customers to understand their needs in the product.
• Contribute meaningfully to discussions on architecture, implementation, design patterns, and processes while being able to succinctly convey ideas to peers and mentees.
• Work on teams that operate across multiple time zones.

• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes internals and Go.
• Experience operating Kubernetes platforms at scale.
• Ability to drive complex projects from inception through completion.

$114,.

Remote role.

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting‑edge technology company with an upward trajectory, proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world.
• We prioritize career development. Digital Ocean provides employees with a competitive array of benefits and development resources, including reimbursement for conferences, Linked In Learning courses, and more.
• We care about your well‑being. Regardless of your location, we provide a variety of benefits such as an Employee Assistance Program, flexible time off, and local employee meet‑ups.
• We reward our employees. In addition to base salary, you may qualify for a bonus and equity compensation.
• Digital Ocean 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.