Senior Storage Systems Engineer II

Digitalocean • Seattle, WA

278d • $160,000 - $185,000 • Remote

About The Position

DigitalOcean's Storage Systems Team is responsible for the design, performance, durability, and efficiency of DigitalOcean's persistent data stores. This role reports to the Storage Systems team Engineering Manager. The person filling this position will report to the Sr. Manager of the Storage Systems team. Members of Storage Systems have a combination of responsibilities for the persistence software of DigitalOcean's storage products as well as the lifecycle of hardware nodes inclusive of evaluation, certification, provisioning, and ongoing systems management.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in distributed storage systems, especially in large scale SaaS or IaaS environments.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience working with orchestration, compute, and product teams.
• Ability to provide guidance on improving storage services using real world usage data.
• A product mindset that balances customer storage experience with sustainable technology.
• Experience with Ceph or other open source storage systems is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Leverage 7+ years of experience towards the research, architecture, design, and development of disaggregated block storage for DigitalOcean's compute products.
• Help design and lead a multi-year technical roadmap balancing short and long-term investments.
• Collaborate with a motivated team of peers through key technical decision making.
• Author and review technical designs.
• Contribute 5-20% of your time to free/open source software communities.
• Solve interesting problems in a technically rewarding fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $160,000.00 - $185,000.00.
• Bonus eligibility based on company and individual performance.
• Equity compensation including equity grants upon hire and participation in Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses.
• Work from home stipend.
• Wellness allowance.
• Flexible time off policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries