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. 

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

We are looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about storage solutions.As a Senior Software Engineer at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing by building and operating cloud-scale distributed storage powering internal and customer-facing services and products. You will become a key contributor to our storage product offerings, helping to create a cohesive interface for hypervisor storage and optimize storage class placement decisions.

Platform & Kubernetes:

• "Build and enhance Kubernetes-based platforms to deploy and manage storage services".
• This explicitly calls out that the storage services run on a platform layer (likely Kubernetes) and that the engineer will have responsibilities there, not just at the storage software layer.

Observability:

• "Implement observability solutions (monitoring, logging, tracing) to ensure platform stability and performance."
• This makes it clear they'll need to design and maintain visibility into the health of the system — which is critical for operating at scale.

• "Observability coverage and actionable insights"
  This frames observability as a measurable success metric, reinforcing it as a first-class responsibility.
• Storage Performance
• System Scalability
• Operational Efficiency
• Customer Satisfaction
• Code Quality

• 6+ years of experience developing, testing, and shipping well-engineered code (Go a plus)
• Experience with observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and best practices"
• This makes the required observability skill explicit in the qualifications.6+ years of experience automating, operating, and troubleshooting production systems
• 2+ years of experience implementing a NFS solution is a plus.
• Strong preference for experience designing and architecting shared storage solutions at scale
• 3+ years of experience with Linux operating systems and familiarity with storage fundamentals
• Experience with containerization (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes) and service-oriented architectures
• 3+ years of experience leading discussions on architectures, implementations, design patterns, and processes with the ability to succinctly convey ideas to peers and mentees
• Familiarity with concurrency/parallelism models in a modern programming language
• Experience with gRPC, S3, and distributed storage systems such as Ceph
• 4+ years of experience designing, building, and operating network-distributed storage products in the enterprise or the cloud; experience building distributed block storage products is a plus
• Competency in virtualization storage stacks

• 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 is a hybrid role

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