Sr Data Center 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 want people who are passionate about building features that you and your peers will love.

At Digital Ocean, Data Center Engineers play a massive role in the success of our business. Our amazing Data Center team is responsible for maintaining and growing the physical infrastructure of the Digital Ocean cloud, past, present and future. They own everything related to the physical servers and networking gear that enables our company and our customers to scale.

Day‑to‑day duties may include everything from replacing a faulty drive in one of our servers, to flying overseas to set up a brand new Data Center from scratch. In exchange for your expertise and enthusiastic interest in Digital Ocean, we can offer you a role on a fast‑growing, collaborative team where you’ll be given regular opportunities to hone your skills and learn new ones.

This position requires you to be onsite at our data center and is located in the Kansas City area.

• Deploying and maintaining Data Center infrastructure
• Racking, stacking and wiring servers, power distribution units, and switches
• Installing servers, switches, routers, and storage hardware
• Submitting RMA to equipment manufacturers and shipping and receiving gear to and from remote locations and vendors
• Submitting and tracking remote work requests and managing server and component inventory
• Diagnosing and repairing hardware and performing upgrades, integrations, rebuilds and other projects as needed
• Debugging network, hardware, and Linux OS related issues
• Inventory and asset management

• $105,000 – $132,000
• This is an onsite 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. As a member of the team, you will think big, bold, and scrappy, with an owner mentality and a strong sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We challenge you to think big and provide resources to ensure you keep growing, including reimbursement for conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to Linked In Learning’s 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth.
• We care about your well‑being. Regardless of your location, we provide a competitive array of benefits to support you from an Employee Assistance Program to local Employee Meetups to flexible time‑off policy. Specific benefits may vary by local regulations.
• 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 by company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation upon hire and options to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• 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.

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.