Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer II

Kubernetes

Updated on 12/21/2024

DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean

1,001-5,000 employees

Cloud computing platform for developers

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software

Compensation Overview

$180k - $250kAnnually

+ Bonus + Equity Compensation

Senior

Remote in USA

This is a remote role.

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure
Backend Engineering
Cloud Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
gRPC
Kubernetes
Agile
MySQL
Computer Networking
Docker
Go
Requirements
  • Experience working with complex distributed systems
  • Experience with Go, Kubernetes, and Docker.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop, test, ship, maintain, and operate production-ready code and systems. (Go experience is a requirement, 3 years + is desired).
  • Software engineering experience 7 years+
  • Experience hosting Kubernetes clusters at scale
  • Experience with API development and interactions with data stores such as MySQL.
  • Experience with custom Kubernetes controllers and CRDs
  • Passion for shipping well-engineered and tested code.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
  • A strong interest and obsession with building quality software focused on enabling developers to iterate on their ideas.
  • A self learner mentality
  • Experience in Agile software development methodologies.
  • Experience working within a microservice architecture, with knowledge of both asynchronous, event-driven processing, and synchronous gRPC/HTTP-based requests.
  • Be comfortable working in a fast paced engineering organization
  • Network engineering experience (cilium experience preferred)
  • Experience integrating AI automation into a managed Kubernetes platform
  • CI/CD experience with a focus on quality and developer velocity
  • Experience writing technical blog posts/articles for the community
  • Genuine interest in DigitalOcean as a company and excitement to use our products in your projects (if you haven’t already!)
Responsibilities
  • Developing the DigitalOcean Managed Kubernetes product.
  • Collaborating to build intuitive, delightful experiences for developers as they engage with DigitalOcean.
  • Developing back-end gRPC services written in Go deployed on Kubernetes.
  • Designing back-end services and authoring engineering design documents.
  • Breaking the design documents into actionable epics and stories with estimates.
  • Independently lead projects
  • Running experiments to optimize user experience and increase adoption of DOKS.
  • Contributing to and maintaining open-source projects, and collaborating with our developer community through customer meetings, blogs, and podcasts.
  • Finding emerging tools, trends, and methodologies and showing your team how to integrate them against existing systems and processes.
  • Ability to navigate the complexity of distributed systems to operate them in production.
  • Regular interactions with important customers to understand their needs in the product
  • Contributing meaningfully to discussions on architectures, implementations, design patterns, and processes with the ability to succinctly convey ideas to peers and mentees.
  • Experience working on teams that operate across multiple time zones.

DigitalOcean provides cloud computing services that enable developers and businesses to build, deploy, and scale applications efficiently. Its platform offers a range of fully managed services, allowing users to focus on software development rather than infrastructure management. DigitalOcean stands out from competitors by emphasizing simplicity, a strong community, and open-source support, making it accessible for startups and small to medium-sized businesses. The company's goal is to empower developers and businesses to innovate and grow by providing the tools and resources they need to succeed in the cloud.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$168.5M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2012

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

8%

1 year growth

14%

2 year growth

29%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • DigitalOcean's new Droplet Autoscale Pools enhance workload scaling capabilities.
  • The introduction of Bare Metal GPUs supports demanding AI/ML workloads.
  • Joining the Ceph Foundation strengthens DigitalOcean's open source storage solutions.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from Vultr, matching DigitalOcean's $3.5 billion valuation.
  • Operational costs may rise with the NYC2 Data Center expansion.
  • Integration challenges may arise from the partnership with Hugging Face.

What makes DigitalOcean unique

  • DigitalOcean offers a no DevOps required experience for developers.
  • The company focuses on simplicity and open source to attract developers.
  • DigitalOcean's customer service is a key differentiator in the cloud market.

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Benefits

Remote-first

Full health coverage

Wellness coverage

Flexible vacation time

Team-building & social events

401(k) plans

ESPP

Education support

Partner support

Employee giving