Senior Software Engineer II, Managed Databases

LinuxCareers; United States; Vor Ort; USD 167.000 - 209.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Zusammenfassung

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II for the Managed Databases engineering org. This role focuses on building and operating fully managed PostgreSQL and MySQL services, with responsibility for distributed control planes and production reliability across large-scale cloud systems.

You will design scalable control-plane components, translate customer requirements into technical designs, and mentor engineers while contributing to on-call rotations and observability practices.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of professional software engineering in large-scale distributed systems or data-plane/control-plane infra in SaaS/PaaS.
• Proven ability to diagnose high-concurrency production issues in cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of concurrency, failure modes, multi-region concerns, and performance optimization.

Aufgaben

• Design and build scalable control-plane and infrastructure components for managed database workloads.
• Translate requirements into designs and drive delivery across DBaaS and platform boundaries.
• Improve resource utilization, fault tolerance, and availability under production load.

Kenntnisse

Distributed systems

SaaS/PaaS

Concurrency

PostgreSQL/MySQL internals

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Linux/cloud environments

Observability

Jobbeschreibung

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to join the Managed Databases (DBaaS) engineering organization. This IC4 role focuses on building and operating fully managed PostgreSQL and MySQL database services, with responsibility for distributed control planes, database platform infrastructure, and production reliability across large-scale cloud systems.

What You'll Do

• Design and build scalable control‑plane and infrastructure components that improve throughput, multi-region operability, and reliability for managed database workloads
• Deconstruct customer and system requirements into clear technical designs and drive predictable delivery across DBaaS and adjacent platform boundaries
• Improve resource utilization, fault tolerance, and availability by profiling and addressing I/O, CPU, and network bottlenecks under production load
• Lead improvements to automated failover, continuous backups, point‑in‑time recovery, and maintenance workflows to support higher data volumes and tighter SLAs
• Mentor engineers through design and code reviews, establish observability and recovery practices, and participate in on‑call rotations

What You Need

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems or data‑plane/control‑plane infrastructure in SaaS/PaaS environments
• Proven track record diagnosing and solving complex, high‑concurrency engineering problems in production cloud environments
• Strong understanding of concurrency, failure modes, multi‑region concerns, and performance optimization in production Linux/cloud environments
• Working knowledge of relational database engine internals, specifically PostgreSQL and/or MySQL, including query performance and replication

Nice to Have

• Database platform fluency with deep understanding of PostgreSQL and MySQL internals, query performance, replication, and scale
• Experience scaling services for compute, memory, and networking demands of data‑intensive or AI inference‑adjacent workloads
• Track record of driving complex cross‑team technical projects and mentoring engineers

$167,200-$209,000 base salary, plus potential bonus based on company and individual performance, and equity compensation including grants upon hire and Employee Stock Purchase Program participation