Senior Software Engineer I, Compute

About the role

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 Software Engineer I who is passionate about building features that you and your peers will love.

As a Senior Software Engineer I at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. In this role, you will lead complex technical initiatives across our distributed control plane, building high-throughput microservices and core infrastructure products. You will tackle deep systems-level challenges using Go, mentor rising engineers, and drive technical execution across our low-latency distributed control plane to power the next generation of cloud compute services.

What You’ll Do:

- Design and implement high-performance distributed control plane services using Go in order to ensure low-latency and fault-tolerant orchestration across core compute infrastructure.

- Lead technical execution for complex project workstreams from design to release in order to deliver predictable business outcomes on targeted timelines.

- Develop scalable microservice interfaces using gRPC and REST in order to streamline communication and maintain reliable service contracts across distributed systems.

- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through technical guidance and structured code reviews in order to elevate team execution and code quality standards.

- Solve complex distributed systems edge cases and operational bottlenecks in order to optimize platform resilience and maximize system uptime.

- Identify structural process and architectural inefficiencies in order to continuously refine build pipelines, service boundaries, and operational workflows.

- Participate in on-call operational support and system monitoring in order to troubleshoot production incidents rapidly and maintain high platform availability.

What You’ll Add:

- Experience with Go, microservices architecture, and building distributed control plane systems or low-latency infrastructure APIs.

- Experience with containerization, virtualization, or cloud-native infrastructure technologies (e.g., Kubernetes or Firecracker).

- A deep understanding of distributed systems principles, concurrency patterns, and network performance tuning in Linux environments.

- Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects, break isolated problems into deliverable features, and mentor engineers to drive team efficiency.

- Growth Mindset focused with a desire to learn, an appetite for feedback, and a "leave it better than you found it" attitude towards system architecture and code maintainability.