Senior Software Engineer I - Audit & Logging

DigitalOcean; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,800,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Audit Logging & Security Visibility team in Bengaluru. You will own high-throughput Go pipelines collecting and enriching audit events, and connect logs to SIEM tools like Splunk, Datadog, Chronicle, and Microsoft Sentinel.

You will improve the audit log platform with tamper-proofing, real-time access, and dashboards integrating IAM and threat signals, while leading efforts to fix logging gaps and scale data models for reliability.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in software engineering with logging, security telemetry or data pipelines.
• Strong in Go; comfortable with gRPC; Python or JavaScript/Node.js a bonus.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, Flink, and related streaming tech.
• Understanding of SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit needs; cloud native security concepts.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, SQL, and analytics databases.
• Ability to explain trade-offs clearly to engineers and non‑engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own Key Systems: build and run high-throughput pipelines in Go for audit events.
• Build SIEM integrations with Splunk, Datadog, Chronicle, and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Improve audit log platform with tamper-proofing and real-time access rules.
• Enhance Security Visibility through dashboards aggregating IAM and network signals.
• Lead tech debt cleanup and define logging/event standards.
• Design scalable data models and ensure graceful failure.
• Respond to incidents and write postmortems.
• Collaborate with IAM, Threat Detection and Platform teams.
• Mentor junior engineers with code reviews and design feedback.
• Apply audit knowledge to keep systems secure and compliant.

Skills

Go

gRPC

Python

JavaScript/Node.js

Kafka

Flink

Security telemetry

SIEM

Kubernetes

Terraform

SQL

Analytics databases

OpenTelemetry

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Splunk

Datadog

Microsoft Sentinel

Chronicle

OpenTelemetry

Job description

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 are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Audit Logging & Security Visibility team.

What You'll Do

• Own Key Systems: Build and run reliable, high-throughput pipelines in Go that collect, clean up, and enrich audit events.
• Build SIEM Integrations: Connect our logs to tools like Splunk, Datadog, Chronicle, and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Improve the Audit Log Platform: Work on making our audit records tamper-proof, with clear retention rules and real-time access.
• Support Security Visibility: Add features to the dashboard that brings together signals from IAM, network security, and threat detection.
• Clean Up Tech Debt: Take the lead on fixing gaps in our logging and event standards, not just working through a backlog.
• Design for Scale: Build data models that hold up under heavy load and fail gracefully when something breaks.
• Handle Incidents: Help resolve production issues and write clear postmortems.
• Work Across Teams: Partner with IAM, Threat Detection, and Platform teams so every part of the product sends clean, useful log data.
• Mentor Others: Help junior engineers grow through code reviews and design feedback.
• Apply Security Know-How: Use your understanding of audit requirements (like SOC 2 and ISO 27001) to keep our systems secure and compliant.

What You'll Add To DigitalOcean

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 5–8 years in software engineering, with some experience in logging, security telemetry, or data pipelines — cloud experience is a plus.
• Language Proficiency: Strong in Go; comfortable building services with gRPC. Python or JavaScript/Node.js is a bonus.
• Streaming Systems: Hands-on experience with Kafka, Flink, or similar tools, and an understanding of how to avoid data loss or duplication.
• Security Observability: Some experience building dashboards, control planes, or SIEM integrations.
• Compliance & Distributed Systems: Basic understanding of SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit needs; solid grasp of distributed systems basics like consistency and failure handling.
• Cloud Native: Comfortable with Kubernetes, Terraform, SQL, and analytics databases.
• Communication: Able to explain technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and non-engineers.

Nice to Have

• Experience with OpenTelemetry or OCSF.
• Familiarity with threat detection or behavioral analytics tools.
• Contributions to open-source security or observability projects.
• This job is located in Bengaluru, India

JR: 2026-7974

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• 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.
• DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.