Cloud Computing

Senior Software Engineer II, Network Products

RemoteRemoteFull TimeSenior$167,200–$209,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

control plane
data plane
APIs
performance
monitoring
Go
SQL
Git
gRPC
Prometheus

Nice to have

Temporal
B.S/M.S in Computer Science
relevant and equivalent experience

Role summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Software Engineer 2 for their Network Products team to develop control plane and data plane software. This role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable services, troubleshooting customer experience issues, and improving tooling and processes. The engineer will work with technologies like Go, Kubernetes, Kafka, and eBPF, and contribute to the reliability and performance of the network product suite. The position requires significant experience in building distributed systems, Go programming, and networking domain knowledge, with a focus on cloud development and CI/CD. This is a remote, full-time position.

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 2 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 and data 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:

Lead the design, implementation, test and optimization of new services and tools that run at scale and solve performance and monitoring problems.

Work with other teams within Networking and across the company 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.

Establish best practices for development and architecture

Use technologies and tools such as: Go, Consul, Kafka, SQL, Chef, Git, Jira, gRPC, Prometheus, Grafana, Lightstep, Docker, DNS, eBPF, XDP, and Kubernetes

Help to grow and mentor other engineers within Networking

What You'll Add to DigitalOcean:

Significant experience as a software architect and lead developer in building scalable, real-time, and distributed systems

Significant experience with Go programming language and unit tests

Domain knowledge of Networking stack and an eagerness to learn more

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)

Some experience with data plane programming like eBPF and XDP

Record of creating sweeping improvements in stability, performance and scalability across major business-critical systems

Record of automating the steps necessary to deliver high-quality, well-tested, and production-ready software from initial development to ongoing, scalable, production operation.

Bonus: You have used gRPC to build robust distributed and high-demand systems

Bonus: Experience with Firewall, DNS and Network Monitoring systems development

Bonus: Working knowledge of Temporal and Kafka

B.S/M.S in Computer Science or relevant and equivalent experience.

Compensation Range:

$167,200 - $209,000

*This is a remote role

JR: 2026-8145

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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 location to reflect local needs and regulations.

We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. Eligible employees may also receive equity compensation, which may include a new hire equity grant and, in participating countries, the opportunity to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program. Equity awards are subject to approval and the terms of the applicable plan.

Non-sales roles: In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in DigitalOcean’s annual bonus plan and may be eligible for a new hire equity grant, subject to plan terms and local eligibility. Bonus amounts depend on company and individual performance.

Sales roles (sales compensation eligible): In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible to earn incentive compensation under the applicable sales compensation plan and may be eligible for a new hire equity grant, subject to plan terms and local eligibility.

DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.

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