Staff Software Engineer

DigitalOcean is seeking a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to join their Customer Observability/Insights team. This role involves architecting, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems for DigitalOcean’s Customer facing Observability ecosystem. The team collaborates across engineering, product, and design to deliver scalable, developer-friendly solutions. The ideal candidate is a growth mindset, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is passionate about building the simplest and most scalable cloud infrastructure.

Requirements

• 15+ years of relevant industry experience
• Strong programming experience in Go (Golang) and deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals
• Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience with OTEL (OpenTelemetry) Collector, including instrumentation, data pipelines, and telemetry ingestion
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable event-driven architectures
• Experience with gRPC, Terraform, and Ansible for service communication and infrastructure automation
• Working knowledge of SQL, Redis, and NoSQL databases
• Demonstrated ability to drive operational excellence and improve system reliability

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus potential
• Equity compensation
• Training and education reimbursement
• LinkedIn Learning discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Meetups
• Flexible time off policy