Senior Engineer I, Compute

DigitalOcean
San Francisco, CA
Remote
Job Description
Role Overview

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, you will lead complex technical initiatives across our distributed control plane, building high-throughput microservices and core infrastructure products.

What You Will 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.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Experience with Go, microservices architecture, and building distributed control plane systems or low-latency infrastructure APIs. Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects, break isolated problems into deliverable features, and mentor engineers to drive team efficiency.

Requirements

  • 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

Benefits

  • Competitive array of benefits to support your well-being
  • Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support continued growth and development
  • Flexible time off policy
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Local Employee Meetups
  • Bonus in addition to base salary
  • Equity compensation to eligible employees
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