Principal Software Engineer

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