Staff Engineer, Network Infrastructure

DigitalOcean; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Equity compensation

Employee stock purchase program

Employee assistance program

Conference reimbursement

Training and education reimbursement

LinkedIn learning access

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a software engineer to design and build scalable network automation and orchestration systems for our global infrastructure. You will work across teams to translate complex infrastructure requirements into robust software.

Required are deep knowledge of networking protocols and strong proficiency in Go, Python, or C++. You will partner with hardware and network engineering teams to integrate DPUs and programmable network technologies into production environments.

Qualifications

• Requires significant experience in building production software systems at scale.
• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or C++.
• Deep knowledge of networking protocols and scalable architecture.
• Ability to translate infrastructure requirements into maintainable software designs.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable network automation and orchestration systems for global infrastructure.
• Collaborate with hardware and network engineering teams to integrate DPUs and programmable networking tech into production environments.

Skills

Go

Python

C++

Distributed systems

Network infrastructure

Automation

Orchestration

TCP/IP

BGP

EVPN/VXLAN

DPUs

SmartNICs

System reliability

API design

Technical writing

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Design and build scalable network automation and orchestration systems for global infrastructure. Partner with hardware and network engineering teams to integrate DPUs and programmable network technologies into production environments.

Requirements: Requires significant experience in building production software systems at scale and strong proficiency in Go, Python, or C++. Candidates must possess deep knowledge of networking protocols and the ability to translate complex infrastructure requirements into maintainable software architectures.

Key Skills: Go, Python, C++, Distributed systems, Network infrastructure, Automation, Orchestration, TCP/IP, BGP, EVPN/VXLAN, DPUs, SmartNICs, System reliability, API design, Technical writing, Cloud infrastructure

Benefits: Flexible time off, Equity compensation, Employee stock purchase program, Employee assistance program, Conference reimbursement, Training and education reimbursement, LinkedIn learning access