Staff Software Engineer

DigitalOcean is seeking a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to join their Customer Observability/Insights team. The role focuses on architecting, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems that power DigitalOcean's Customer facing Observability ecosystem. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions for cloud infrastructure monitoring and optimization. The company values a growth mindset, teamwork, and innovation.

Requirements

• 15+ years of relevant industry experience building and operating large-scale cloud services or distributed systems.
• Strong programming experience in Go (Golang) and deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals.
• Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience with OTEL (OpenTelemetry) Collector.
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar technologies.
• Experience with gRPC, Terraform, and Ansible for service communication and infrastructure automation.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Redis, and NoSQL databases.
• Demonstrated ability to drive operational excellence and improve system reliability.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially with geographically distributed teams.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity compensation
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Local Employee Meetups