Principal Engineer (PaaS Team)

DigitalOcean is seeking a Principal Engineer for the PaaS team to architect and build systems that span their global infrastructure network. This role involves defining next-generation cloud services, mentoring less experienced engineers, and scaling major services across the platform. The company values innovation, community, and making a meaningful impact on developers.

Requirements

• 11+ years of software development experience
• Significant experience as a software engineer, developer, or programmer building software used by 1000s of users
• Expertise with at least one of the following languages: Go, Perl, Ruby, Python, C/C++, Java
• Experience with large scale distributed systems programming
• Passion for mentoring and coaching other members on your team
• Record of creating sweeping improvements in stability, performance and scalability across major business-critical systems
• Experience with at least one configuration management system like Chef, Ansible and/or Puppet

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus potential
• Equity compensation
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Local Employee Meetups
• Flexible time off policy