Staff Platform Engineer

DigitalOcean is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to lead their Migration track within the Forward Engineering organization, focused on automating the Scaling process. The role involves designing and enforcing technical standards, building automation pipelines, and mentoring peers. The platform Engineer will bridge the gap between standard practices and operational execution, directly impacting the speed and reliability of customer projects. The role requires a hands-on, technical leader adept at standardizing practices and mentoring.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or DevOps roles
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), particularly large-scale usage of Terraform or CloudFormation
• Expert-level knowledge of CI/CD practices and tooling (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and experience building self-service pipelines
• Fluency in system programming languages (Go or Python) used for building internal tooling and automation APIs
• Proven ability to drive technical alignment and mentorship across multiple ICs
• Strong experience designing and maintaining production monitoring and logging systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Excellent communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for career development
• Financial incentives (bonus)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences and training