Staff Engineer, Global Network Infra & Automation

digitalocean98

United States

Hybrid

USD 191,000 - 239,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Learning library access
Hybrid work arrangement
Flexible time off

Job summary

digitalocean98 is seeking a staff-level engineer to design and build software that automates and orchestrates a global cloud network infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of distributed systems, networking, and hardware acceleration, leading architectural direction and driving complex projects from concept through production.

You will design and implement network automation for provisioning, validation, telemetry, and remediation, with hands-on work on DPUs, SmartNICs, and

Qualifications

  • Significant experience designing and building production software systems at scale.
  • Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, concurrency, testing, observability, and system reliability.
  • Proficient in Go, Python, or C++.
  • Experience building automation, orchestration, or infrastructure platforms.
  • Solid grasp of TCP/IP, BGP, EVPN/VXLAN, VLANs, routing, switching, and network telemetry.
  • Experience with network devices, network automation frameworks, vendor APIs, or SDKs.
  • Strong technical writing skills with RFCs, design documents, and proposals.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build network automation and orchestration systems for provisioning, configuration, lifecycle management, validation, telemetry, and remediation.
  • Develop software that integrates with DPUs, SmartNICs, and programmable network infrastructure.
  • Build abstractions that handle differences across network vendors and hardware implementations while preserving operational safety.
  • Automate large-scale data center and Point of Presence deployments spanning new hardware, network fabrics, routing infrastructure, and vendor integrations.
  • Turn manual, repetitive, or error-prone infrastructure operations into scalable software solutions and diagnostic tooling.
  • Establish engineering standards for testing, observability, and operational readiness, and mentor engineers across the broader organization.

Skills

Distributed systems
API design
Concurrency
Testing
Observability
Reliability
Go
Python
C++
Automation
Networking basics
Vendor SDKs
Technical writing

Tools

Networking frameworks
Vendor SDKs

Job description

digitalocean98 is seeking a staff-level engineer to design and build software that automates and orchestrates a global cloud network infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of distributed systems, networking, and hardware acceleration, leading architectural direction and driving complex projects from concept through production.

You will design and implement network automation for provisioning, validation, telemetry, and remediation, with hands-on work on DPUs, SmartNICs, and

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