Director of Engineering

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean as the Director of Engineering. Lead the App Platform engineering organization, drive the strategic roadmap, and oversee full lifecycle development.

Requirements

• Extensive leadership experience, including a proven track record of managing other engineering managers and leading multi-team organizations.
• Deep technical expertise and strategic understanding of Golang and Kubernetes.
• Strong experience in scaling modern application development and a deep understanding of the SDLC process at an organizational level.
• Awareness of the modern developer landscape, including the use of Generative AI and AI-assisted 'vibe coding' tools.
• Significant experience building, managing, or defining strategy for services in a public cloud environment (DO, AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Strong foundation in building and operating scalable, reliable, and performant distributed systems at scale.
• A deep commitment to operational excellence focused on meeting and exceeding SLAs.
• A strong, product-minded leader with experience integrating user feedback and market analysis into engineering strategy.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical strategy to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range ($230,400 - $288,000)
• Bonus in addition to base salary
• Equity compensation (equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program)
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
• Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
• Flexible time off policy
• Employee Assistance Program
• Local Employee Meetups
• Generous Paid Time Off