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Senior Software Engineer II, Compute at DigitalOcean

Department: Core Cloud

Compensation

$167,200 – $209,000/yr

Setup
Hybrid
Location
Seattle, Washington
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

DigitalOcean is hiring a Senior Software Engineer II to architect and implement scalable distributed control-plane microservices in Go, design gRPC interfaces, optimize Linux kernel and virtualization subsystems, lead complex cross-functional technical projects, and mentor engineers. The role also involves operational observability, failover and recovery frameworks, on-call support, and continuous improvement across global data centers. It is a hybrid position with a base salary of $167,200 to $209,000 and requires experience with Go, microservices, gRPC, distributed systems, Linux, virtualization, and systems engineering.

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