Senior Software Engineer I (Databases)
DigitalOceanHyderabad, Telangana, India
Posted May 13, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
DigitalOcean is a cutting-edge technology company that simplifies cloud and AI for builders to create software that changes the world.
Job Description
Join DigitalOcean's Managed Databases Team as a Senior Software Engineer I (Databases) and work on Database-as-a-Service products. The role involves technical leadership, developing external customer-facing products, and collaborating with agile teams across the company.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience working in fast-paced, agile product development environments
- 4+ years of experience working as a subject-matter expert with MySQL databases
- Strong knowledge of microservices using container workload engines and frameworks
- Experience with resilience engineering, fault tolerance, and failure domains as they relate to database backends
- Experience with concurrency patterns in Go
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and frameworks
- Strong background and exposure to different databases, both SQL and NoSQL paradigms
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms, cloud-native database architectures and control plane design
Benefits
- Competitive salary range based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills
- Bonus in addition to base salary based on company and individual performance
- Equity compensation to eligible employees
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Local Employee Meetups
- Flexible time off policy
