Join DigitalOcean’s Network Products team to design, implement, test and optimize scalable control-plane and data-plane services. Responsibilities include developing APIs, improving customer experience, supporting and enhancing existing products, and owning end-to-end systems. Technologies and tools referenced: Go, eBPF/XDP, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, gRPC, SQL, Consul, CI/CD, Prometheus/Grafana/Lightstep and DNS. The role expects experience building distributed, high-performance systems, cloud/container development, CI/CD, and mentoring other engineers. Compensation range listed: $167,200–$209,000 (annual).

DigitalOcean is hiring a Senior Software Engineer II for the Network Products team to design, implement, test and optimize scalable control- and data-plane services. The role emphasizes Go development, distributed systems, networking (including eBPF/XDP), observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Lightstep), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD, and cross-team API work. Position listed as remote; Denver is noted as a location.

DigitalOcean is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the DNS Products team (remote). The role focuses on writing control-plane software, developing and testing APIs, improving customer experience, and operating services at scale. Technologies and areas include Go, gRPC, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus/Grafana, Linux (Ubuntu), CI/CD, DNS and networking, and distributed/high-performance systems.

Join DigitalOcean's DNS Products team to develop, test, and optimize control plane services and APIs that run at scale. Responsibilities include supporting existing products, improving tooling and processes, owning parts of product end-to-end, and collaborating across networking teams. Key technologies: Go, DNS, Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC, Kafka, Consul, Prometheus, Grafana, SQL, Chef, and Linux (Ubuntu). Compensation range: $139,200–$174,000 per year. This is a hybrid role located in Seattle.

Join DigitalOcean's DNS Products team to design, implement, test, and operate control-plane services and APIs at scale. The role emphasizes Go development, Linux-based deployments, CI/CD, observability (Prometheus/Grafana/Lightstep), Kubernetes, and DNS/networking domain knowledge or willingness to learn.

Seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and implement software powering DigitalOcean's global network infrastructure, including network provisioning, device lifecycle management, telemetry, automated remediation, and integration with DPUs/SmartNICs. Requires strong software engineering and distributed systems experience, programming in Go/Python/C++, deep networking knowledge (TCP/IP, BGP, EVPN/VXLAN), and technical writing/architectural leadership. Role involves driving architecture, authoring RFCs, and mentoring across teams. Compensation range provided.

DigitalOcean seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead design and implementation of network automation and orchestration systems for global network infrastructure. The role focuses on software for provisioning, configuration, device lifecycle, telemetry, validation, and integration with DPUs/SmartNICs and programmable network hardware. Responsible for architectural leadership, RFCs/technical docs, cross-team collaboration, mentoring, and driving high-impact infrastructure initiatives.

Responsible for designing and implementing network automation, provisioning, device lifecycle management, telemetry, and automated remediation; integrating DPUs, SmartNICs, and programmable network infrastructure; driving architectural direction, authoring RFCs and design documents, and leading high-impact cross-team initiatives. Requires strong software engineering and networking expertise, experience with distributed systems, and technical leadership at the staff level.

DigitalOcean seeks a Staff Software Engineer in Seattle to lead design and implementation of network automation, orchestration, and infrastructure software that integrates DPUs, SmartNICs, and programmable network infrastructure. Responsibilities include network provisioning, device lifecycle management, telemetry, automated remediation, writing RFCs and architecture documents, and providing technical leadership across teams. Strong experience with distributed systems, networking (TCP/IP, BGP, EVPN/VXLAN), programming (Go/Python/C++), observability, and production-grade reliability is required.

DigitalOcean is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to design and implement network automation and orchestration systems for global datacenter and PoP deployments. The role involves building software for provisioning, lifecycle management, telemetry, automated remediation, and integrating DPUs/SmartNICs and programmable data planes, while driving architecture, authoring RFCs, and providing technical leadership across teams. This is listed as a remote role; the posting references Austin as a location.