We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer I who is passionate about building features that you and your peers will love.As a Senior Software Engineer I, reporting to Mavis Franco (Manager, Software Engineering) at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. In this role, you will lead complex technical initiatives across our distributed control plane, building high-throughput microservices and core infrastructure products. You will tackle deep systems-level challenges using Go, mentor rising engineers, and drive technical execution across our low-latency distributed control plane to power the next generation of cloud compute services.
What You'll Do:- Design and implement high-performance distributed control plane services using Go in order to ensure low-latency and fault-tolerant orchestration across core compute infrastructure.
- Lead technical execution for complex project workstreams from design to release in order to deliver predictable business outcomes on targeted timelines.
- Develop scalable microservice interfaces using gRPC and REST in order to streamline communication and maintain reliable service contracts across distributed systems.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through technical guidance and structured code reviews in order to elevate team execution and code quality standards.
- Solve complex distributed systems edge cases and operational bottlenecks in order to optimize platform resilience and maximize system uptime.
- Identify structural process and architectural inefficiencies in order to continuously refine build pipelines, service boundaries, and operational workflows.
- Participate in on-call operational support and system monitoring in order to troubleshoot production incidents rapidly and maintain high platform availability.
What You'll Add:- Experience with Go, microservices architecture, and building distributed control plane systems or low-latency infrastructure APIs.
- Experience with containerization, virtualization, or cloud-native infrastructure technologies (e.g., Kubernetes or Firecracker).
- A deep understanding of distributed systems principles, concurrency patterns, and network performance tuning in Linux environments.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects, break isolated problems into deliverable features, and mentor engineers to drive team efficiency.
- Growth Mindset focused with a desire to learn, an appetite for feedback, and a "leave it better than you found it" attitude towards system architecture and code maintainability.
Compensation Range: *This is a hybrid role
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