Senior DNS Engineer

DigitalOcean; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 139,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote role

Equity compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Software Engineer 1 to join the DNS Products team. You will write control plane software, develop APIs, troubleshoot customer experience issues, and own parts of the product end-to-end.

The role emphasizes quality, performance, and reliability in a fast-paced cloud environment. You will work with Go, Kubernetes, Docker and related tools, collaborating across teams to deliver scalable services.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing high-performance distributed systems with APIs and databases.
• Experience deploying and operating Linux (Ubuntu) based hosts.
• Experience with Go programming language and unit tests.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams to build API contracts.
• Familiarity with cloud development, containerization, and virtualization.

Responsibilities

• Implement, test and optimize new services and tools at scale.
• Collaborate with Networking to build next-gen products for developers.
• Support existing products and provide creative solutions to pain points.
• Improve tooling and processes to ship robust, mission-critical components.
• Establish best practices for development and architecture; use Go, gRPC, and related tech.

Skills

Go programming language

Distributed systems

CI/CD

DNS/Networking knowledge

Education

B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or relevant and equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Jira

gRPC

Kafka

Prometheus

Grafana

Lightstep

Consul

SQL

Chef

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer 1 at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. This role will be on the DNS Products team, reporting to the Engineering Manager, where you will write control plane software: developing APIs, troubleshooting and improving the customer experience, and helping the team to own some of the product offerings end-to-end. Our team is passionate about quality, performance, and the reliability of the Network Products product suite and is excited about the impact our work has on the company and customers.

What You’ll Do

• Work as a member of the team on the implementation, testing and optimization of new services and tools that run at scale and solve performance and monitoring problems.
• Work with other teams within Networking to build the next generation of products and services for our developers community.
• Support existing products and contribute creative solutions to the pain points.
• Help improve our toolings and process to ship robust and mission-critical parts of the ecosystem.
• Help establish best practices for development and architecture and ways to achieve them
• Use technologies and tools such as: Go, Consul, Kafka, SQL, Chef, Git, Jira, gRPC, Prometheus, Grafana, Lightstep, Docker, DNS, and Kubernetes

What You'll Add To DigitalOcean

• Experience designing and developing full-stack applications with databases and API
• Experience with leading work across multiple teams to build API contracts
• Experience deploying and operating Linux (Ubuntu) based virtual and bare metal hosts.
• Experience with Go programming language and unit tests
• Some experience designing and developing high performance systems
• Some domain knowledge of DNS and Networking stack or a strong willingness to learn
• Experience with cloud development, containerization and virtualization
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD)
• Bonus: You have used gRPC to build robust distributed and high-demand systems
• Bonus: Working knowledge of Temporal and Kafka
• B.S/M.S in Computer Science or relevant and equivalent experience.

Compensation Range

• $139,200 - $174,000
• This is a remote role

JR: 2026-8222

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.