We want people who are passionate about building features that developers & businesses love!

DigitalOceans Storage Systems Team is responsible for the design, performance, durability, & efficiency of DigitalOceans persistent data stores. This role reports to the Storage Systems team Engineering Manager.

Our Stack: Go, C/C++, Linux, Ceph, libvirt, KVM, QEMU

Our Tools: AWX/Ansible, Chef, Elasticsearch, Git, Github Actions, GSuite, Jira, K8s, Slack, Victoria Metrics

Our Team: The person filling this position will report to the Sr. Manager of the Storage Systems team. Members of Storage Systems have a combination of responsibilities for the persistence software of DigitalOceans storage products as well as the lifecycle of hardware nodes inclusive of evaluation, certification, provisioning, & ongoing systems management.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Leveraging your 7+ years of experience towards the research, architecture, design, & development of class leading disaggregated block storage for DigitalOceans compute products.  
• Help design & lead a multi-year technical roadmap balancing short & long-term investments.  
• Collaborate with a motivated team of peers through key technical decision making. Author & review technical designs. 
• 5-20% of your time contributing to free/open source software communities.  
• Solving interesting problems in a technically rewarding fast paced environment.

What Youll Add to DigitalOcean:

• Your background & experience in distributed storage systems, especially in large scale SaaS or IaaS environments.  
• Your exceptional collaboration & communication skills working in tandem with orchestration, compute, & product teams to deliver a solution our customers are thrilled about.  
• Provide guidance on continuously improving our storage services using real world usage data.  
• A product mindset that balances an exceptional customer storage experience with sustainable technology in the back end.  
• Sharing responsibility for maintaining the availability & performance of existing storage products. Suggest & implement ways to improve our operability & scale. Previous Ceph or other open source storage system experience is a bonus.  

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 your overall well-being, from one-time work from home stipend to wellness allowance 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 between $170,000.00 - $200,000.00 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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