Senior Network Software Architect (Remote)

DigitalOcean; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 167,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a seasoned software architect to lead the design and evolution of scalable, real-time distributed systems for developers. You will focus on Go-based services, collaborate across Networking, and drive API contracts and CI/CD practices to ensure robust, fault-tolerant cloud components.

You’ll mentor engineers, improve tooling, and help scale platforms used by developers worldwide, with remote collaboration across teams and time zones.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a software architect and lead developer in scalable, real-time, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, testing, and optimization of scalable services.

Skills

Go programming

Networking

APIs

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

gRPC

Kafka

eBPF/XDP

Distributed systems

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS

Tools

Consul

Prometheus

Grafana

SQL

Jira

Git

Chef

Temporal

Job description

DigitalOcean is seeking a seasoned software architect to lead the design and evolution of scalable, real-time distributed systems for developers. You will focus on Go-based services, collaborate across Networking, and drive API contracts and CI/CD practices to ensure robust, fault-tolerant cloud components.

You’ll mentor engineers, improve tooling, and help scale platforms used by developers worldwide, with remote collaboration across teams and time zones.