Principal Engineer (PaaS Team)
DigitalOceanSeattle, Washington, United States
Posted August 13, 2025
206400 - 309600 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
DigitalOcean simplifies cloud computing, empowering businesses to focus on building innovative applications that drive growth.
Job Description
DigitalOcean is seeking a Principal Engineer (PaaS team) to architect and scale systems for their global infrastructure network. This role involves defining new cloud services, mentoring engineers, and shipping major infrastructure components to simplify the cloud provider experience. The company values innovation, growth, and making a positive impact on the world through innovative technology.
Requirements
- 11+ years of software development experience
- Significant experience as a software engineer
- 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
- Record of creating sweeping improvements in stability, performance and scalability
- Experience with at least one configuration management system like Chef, Ansible and/or Puppet
- Deep understanding and knowledge of virtualization (such as libvirt, KVM, QEMU, Namespaces and Containers)
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Bonus potential
- Equity compensation
- Employee Assistance Program
- Local Employee Meetups
- Flexible time off
- Reimbursement for conferences, training, and education