We want people who are passionate about creating products that you & your peers would love.

As a Senior Engineer on the Application Platform team, the software you write will power applications for over a million users around the globe. You will define the next generation of cloud services, making developers' lives (both inside DO & in the 'wild') easier by building new services that improve our efficiency & also provide important new features for our customers. If your passion is building products customers rely on every day, this is the right job for you. 

What You'll Be Doing:

• Contributing to the development of new architecture & major functional upgrades for our Application Platform offering.
• Work with our product teams to build the next generation of products & services for our developers community.
• Drive architecture for complex systems by determining current limitations & working with the team to come up with solutions.
• Contribute operational reliability as a member of the product on-call rotation.
• Technologies we use: Kubernetes, Go, gRPC, MySQL, Istio, Prometheus, Cloud Native Buildpacks.

What We'll Expect From You:

• Experience as a software engineer, developer, or programmer building software used by 1000s of users.
• Proficiency in software development methodologies.
• Experience or interest in learning Golang to build APIs (gRPC).
• Operational knowledge of Kubernetes is a plus, or passion to learn Kubernetes operations.
• Experience in Software Defined Networks (SDNs) is a plus, but not required.
• Ability to navigate the complexity of distributed systems to operate them in production.
• Contribution to the reliability & performance of App Platform systems.
• Ability to contribute throughout all phases of a service lifecycle from conception through design, development, deployment & ultimately operation
• A commitment to monitoring & observability.
• Systems thinking.
• Strong opinions, weakly held.
• Experience operating Kubernetes in production at large scales.

Why Youll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. Youll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud & 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, & scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action & a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, & decisions. 
• We prioritize career development. At DO, youll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest & 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, & education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth & 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 & preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $210,000 based on market data, relevant years of experience, & skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company & individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire & the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program. 
• We value diversity & inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, & recognize that diversity of thought & background builds stronger teams & products to serve our customers. We approach diversity & inclusion seriously & 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 remote role

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