Principal Software Engineer
DigitalOceanSan Francisco, California, United States
Posted November 24, 2025
227040 - 283800 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
DigitalOcean is a cutting-edge technology company that innovates with purpose and prioritizes career development, employee well-being, and rewards its employees.
Job Description
DigitalOcean is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to drive the technical direction and architecture of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) at DigitalOcean. The successful candidate will design and build the next generation of cloud-native services and play a key role in shaping how developers build and ship software on a platform purpose-built for simplicity and scale.
Requirements
- 11+ years of experience designing and building distributed systems at scale
- Expertise in one or more backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, C++, Java) and strong fundamentals in systems architecture and infrastructure
- Proven experience leading the design of large-scale services used by 1000s (or millions) of customers
- Passion for mentoring and elevating those around you—technical leadership is about multiplying impact
Benefits
- Competitive array of benefits to support employee well-being
- Flexible time off policy
- Employee Assistance Program
- Local Employee Meetups
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
- Bonus in addition to base salary
- Equity compensation to eligible employees