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Staff Engineer, Network Infrastructure at DigitalOcean

Department: Core Cloud

Compensation

$191,200 – $239,000/yr

Setup
Remote
Location
Austin, Texas
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

DigitalOcean is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to design and build network automation, orchestration, provisioning, lifecycle-management, telemetry, remediation, and infrastructure software for its global network. The role focuses on scalable software that integrates with DPUs, SmartNICs, and programmable network infrastructure, while establishing technical direction, architecture, standards, documentation, and mentorship across network and infrastructure engineering teams. It requires significant production software experience, strong distributed-systems and networking knowledge, programming in Go, Python, or C++, and the ability to lead complex initiatives and influence technical decisions. The position is remote and offers a base salary of $191,200 to $239,000.

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