Senior Engineer I (Network)

DigitalOcean • Boston, MA

1d • Remote

About The Position

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. We want people who are passionate about building huge scale networks on the Internet. We are looking for a Senior Network Developer to join the existing network engineering team, working with the infrastructure group. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Network Engineering, the Network Developer will be part of a team that is designing, implementing and maintaining the DigitalOcean network from the Internet edge to the hypervisor connections. Our networks need to be massively scalable, and enable systems agility, while providing our hundreds of thousands of customers with the most stable platform. We work with other infrastructure and engineering teams to ensure new products and features have scalable network architectures and will provide the performance our customers require. If you’re looking for a Network Developer role to challenge your skills and be rewarding and fulfilling, while working with top of the line equipment and managing a large network with huge scaling requirements and modern design, this job is for you.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
• Knowledge of network engineering and experience working with vendors such as Juniper, Cisco or Arista
• Knowledge of and demonstrated ability in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python
• Expertise with Linux
• Experience with CI/CD, containers and/or virtualization, web servers, and databases
• Hands-on experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack
• Experience with automation frameworks (Salt preferred)
• Good knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, and accustomed to multi-branches development
• Be either willing to relocate to or already based in at least one of the following locations: Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Denver, CO, Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

• Providing hands-on technical design and engineering for network-related tools and systems
• Working with networking-focused software engineers to develop/maintain our network automation and monitoring platform SDN solution and integration
• Developing and contributing to open source projects relating to network and platform engineering
• Helping to maintain good code quality by providing guidance during code reviews
• Developing and maintaining network automation solutions

Benefits

• We innovate with purpose.
• We prioritize career development.
• We care about your well-being.
• We reward our employees.
• The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills.
• You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance.
• We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees