Software Engineer, Automation

Linuxcareers; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Conference and training reimbursement

LinkedIn Learning access

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible time off policy

Local employee meetups

Job summary

DigitalOcean is hiring early-career Software Engineers for the Physical Infrastructure Engineering team to automate manual, repetitive operational work. You will build internal tools and automation to help the organization scale faster, with a focus on leveraging AI-assisted development tools.

You will write automation primarily in Go and Python, partner with infrastructure teams, and ship end-to-end automation that improves hardware and capacity visibility across DigitalOcean's global

Qualifications

• Exposure to Python or Go through coursework, internships, personal projects, or early professional experience (0–2 years).
• Comfort using Linux (Ubuntu LTS) or eagerness to learn quickly.
• Familiarity with shell scripting and Git.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Passion for building quickly, eliminating manual work, and collaborating openly.

Responsibilities

• Write automation primarily in Golang and Python, using AI tools like Cursor and Claude as your primary development approach.
• Partner with technical program managers and infrastructure teams to identify manual and repetitive processes and transform them into reliable automation.
• Work end-to-end on automation projects: from identifying toil, building solutions, to shipping reliable systems that teams depend on.
• Contribute to tooling that provides hardware and capacity visibility across DigitalOcean's global infrastructure.
• Collaborate across infrastructure teams to find manual processes and drive them toward automation.

Skills

Python

Go

Linux

Shell scripting

Git

Communication

Tools

GitHub Actions

Concourse

Cursor

Claude

Job description

DigitalOcean is hiring early-career Software Engineers for the Physical Infrastructure Engineering team to automate manual, repetitive operational work. You will build internal tools and automation to help the organization scale faster, with a focus on leveraging AI-assisted development tools.

What You'll Do

• Write automation primarily in Golang and Python, using AI tools like Cursor and Claude as your primary development approach
• Partner with technical program managers and infrastructure teams to identify manual and repetitive processes and transform them into reliable automation
• Work end-to-end on automation projects: from identifying toil, building solutions, to shipping reliable systems that teams depend on
• Contribute to tooling that provides hardware and capacity visibility across DigitalOcean's global infrastructure
• Collaborate across infrastructure teams to find manual processes and drive them toward automation

What You Need

• Some exposure to Python or Go through coursework, internships, personal projects, or early professional experience (roughly 0 to 2 years)
• Comfort using Linux (Ubuntu LTS) or eagerness to learn quickly
• Familiarity with shell scripting and git
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Passion for building quickly, eliminating manual work, and collaborating openly

Nice to Have

• Default toward AI-assisted development with tools like Cursor or Claude
• Some exposure to CI/CD concepts (GitHub Actions and Concourse experience)
• Comfort working in asynchronous, remote environments

$97,600-$122,000 base salary annually, eligible for bonus based on company and individual performance, and equity compensation including equity grants upon hire and Employee Stock Purchase Program participation. Benefits include reimbursement for conferences and training, LinkedIn Learning access, Employee Assistance Program, flexible time off policy, and local employee meetups.