Senior Software Engineer I

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 Engineer I who is passionate about building scalable, intuitive, and reliable internal tooling solutions. 

As a Senior Engineer I on the Business Internal Tools Team at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and delivering a seamless, trustworthy experience to our customers. You'll work closely with teams across Support, Finance, Sales, Product, and Engineering to ensure that internal stakeholders have the tooling needed to support our customers. The ideal candidate is deeply empathetic toward customers, embraces continuous learning, and is driven to build simple yet powerful systems.

What You'll Do:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable services, APIs, and workflows that support DigitalOcean's internal tooling systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement new features, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Leverage technologies such as Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Go, gRPC, Kubernetes, Kafka, Grafana, MySQL, and Redis.
• Create tooling and self-service capabilities to empower internal stakeholders and streamline processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvements in CI/CD workflows, performance, and reliability.

What You'll Add to DigitalOcean:

• Proven experience in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, highly performant systems.
• Strong proficiency in Ruby and Rails; experience with Go (Golang) is a plus.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservice architecture, especially with Docker, Kubernetes, gRPC, Kafka, and MySQL.
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and observability best practices.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a passion for cross-functional teamwork.
• A growth mindset and a customer-first attitude, with a track record of learning and adapting continuously.

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.
• 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 job is located in Hyderabad, India

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