Senior Engineer I, Managed Kubernetes

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. 

We are looking for a Senior Engineer I who is passionate about Kubernetes and excited about the opportunity to take our managed Kubernetes solution (DOKS) to the next level.

As a Senior Engineer I at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. This role is on the DOKS team that is in charge of DigitalOcean's managed Kubernetes offering.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop the DigitalOcean Managed Kubernetes product.


• Contribute to our growing GPU offering to support scalable inference workloads at DigitalOcean.


• Develop back-end gRPC services written in Go deployed on Kubernetes.


• Design back-end services and author engineering design documents.


• Raise the bar for Operational Excellence.


• Independently lead projects.


• Navigate the complexity of distributed systems and operate them in production.


• Break the design documents into actionable epics and stories with estimates.


• Run experiments to optimize user experience and increase adoption of DOKS.


• Contribute to and maintain open-source projects, and collaborate with our developer community through customer meetings, blogs, and podcasts.


• Find emerging tools, trends, and methodologies and show your team how to integrate them against existing systems and processes.


• Regularly interact with important customers to understand their needs in the product.


• Contribute meaningfully to discussions on architecture, implementation, design patterns, and processes while being able to succinctly convey ideas to peers and mentees.


• Work on teams that operate across multiple time zones.

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes internals and Go.


• Experience operating Kubernetes platforms at scale.


• Ability to drive complex projects from inception through completion.

Compensation Range:

• $139,200 - $174,000

*This is a hybrid role

JR: 2025-6037

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Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.


• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.


• We care about your well-being.  Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.


• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.


• DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.