Senior Software Engineer I, Compute
DigitalOcean4 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance distributed control plane services in Go for low-latency, fault-tolerant orchestration.
- Lead complex technical project workstreams from design through release.
- Develop scalable microservice interfaces using gRPC and REST.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through technical guidance and code reviews.
- Resolve distributed-systems edge cases and operational bottlenecks to improve resilience and uptime.
- Improve architectural boundaries, build pipelines, and operational workflows.
- Participate in on-call support, monitoring, and production incident troubleshooting.
Requirements
- Experience with Go, microservices architecture, and distributed control plane systems or low-latency infrastructure APIs.
- Experience with containerization, virtualization, or cloud-native infrastructure technologies such as Kubernetes or Firecracker.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency patterns, and network performance tuning in Linux environments.
- Ability to lead complex projects, break problems into deliverable features, and mentor engineers.
- Growth mindset, willingness to learn, openness to feedback, and focus on maintainable system architecture.
Benefits
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
- Access to LinkedIn Learning courses for professional development.
- Employee Assistance Program, local employee meetups, and flexible time off.
- Potential bonus based on company and individual performance.
- Equity compensation, including eligible equity grants upon hire and participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- Hybrid role located in Bengaluru, India.
Tech Stack
About DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean provides cloud infrastructure and platform services for developers, startups, and small to mid-sized businesses, including virtual machines (Droplets), managed Kubernetes and databases, object/block storage, networking, and GPUs for AI workloads. It operates a usage-based, self-service public cloud with APIs, CLI, and a marketplace to deploy and scale applications. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, DigitalOcean is a public company listed on the NYSE.