Senior Software Engineer I, Network Products + LBaaS at DigitalOcean in Seattle, WA

Job description

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. As a Senior Software Engineer 1 at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. This role will be on the Network Products team, reporting to the Engineering Manager, where you will write control plane software: developing APIs, troubleshooting and improving the customer experience, and helping the team to own some of the product offerings end-to-end. Our team is passionate about quality, performance, and the reliability of the Network Products product suite and is excited about the impact our work has on the company and customers. What You’ll Do: Work as a member of the team on the implementation, testing and optimization of new services and tools that run at scale and solve performance and monitoring problems. Work with other teams within Networking to build the next generation of products and services for our developers community. Support existing products and contribute creative solutions to the pain points. Help improve our toolings and process to ship robust and mission-critical parts of the ecosystem. Help establish best practices for development and architecture and ways to achieve them Use technologies and tools such as: Go, Consul, Kafka, SQL, Chef, Git, Jira, gRPC, Prometheus, Grafana, Lightstep, Docker, DNS, and Kubernetes What You'll Add to DigitalOcean: Experience with Go programming language and unit tests Some experience designing and developing high performance systems Some domain knowledge of Networking stack or a strong willingness to learn Experience designing and developing full-stack applications with databases and API Experience with leading work across multiple teams to build API contracts Experience with cloud development, containerization and virtualization Experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) Bonus: You have used gRPC to build robust distributed and high-demand systems Bonus: Working knowledge of Temporal and Kafka B.S/M.S in Computer Science or relevant and equivalent experience. Compensation Range: $139,200 - $174,000 JR: 2026-8309 *This is a hybrid role Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with a high-growth trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As part of our team, you’ll embody our "Shark" mindset: bold, ambitious, and scrappy. You'll lead with a bias for action and take true ownership of our products, customer success, and team culture. We prioritize career development. At DigitalOcean, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will join a community of exceptional talent, collaborating closely with some of the brightest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance and fast-paced organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our talent development team prioritizes your professional development and provides resources to support your growth. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education, subject to company policy. We care about your well-being. We take a comprehensive approach to our total rewards packages because we know different things drive different people. Our benefits are designed to support you and may include flexible time off, local team meetups, and mental health and well being support. Our benefits philosophy is consistent globally, but specific benefits and eligibility vary by locat