Staff Software Engineer

DigitalOcean is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Customer Observability/Insights team. The role involves architecting, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems to monitor, measure, and optimize DigitalOcean’s Customer-facing Observability ecosystem. The ideal candidate will collaborate with various teams to deliver scalable and developer-friendly solutions.

Requirements

• 15+ years of relevant industry experience building and operating large-scale cloud services or distributed systems
• 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)
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar technologies
• 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
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially with geographically distributed teams

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Remote work
• Opportunity for career development
• Benefits package (Employee Assistance Program, Local Meetups, flexible time off)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Equity compensation