Senior Software Engineer, DigitalOcean
UI Platform
$140-155k
Cloud computing services for developers
Job no longer available
Cloud computing services for developers
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$140-155k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To simplify cloud computing so developers and businesses can spend more time creating software that changes the world.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a Sr. Software Engineer II, UI Platform who shares our passion for making the complex simple for our customers
- Prior, recent experience working within a core/platform team responsible for driving and delivering internal products and direction leveraged by multiple teams
- Dedication to and cultural leadership by example in designing, developing, testing, and shipping well-engineered solutions at scale
- Expertise with GraphQL and Apollo (Server and Client) as a technical leader capable of forming and driving standards, planned maintenance and upgrades, and owning overall health of the service
- Expert knowledge of TypeScript; demonstrated experience in Go is a major plus
- Strong experience with React, Node.js, and their respective ecosystems
- Experience with CI/CD, GitHub Actions, synthetic and smoke testing, and alerting
- Experience with implementation and maintenance of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Experience building and maintaining CLI-based tooling for engineers
- Clear communication through effective and crisp documentation, presentations, and asynchronous channels in a remote environment
- A natural curiosity in what lies beyond the existing status quo to improve how we operate and deliver for our internal and external customers, and the products we build to empower their success
What the job involves
- This role reports to the Sr. Engineering Manager of the UI Platform team and will be directly responsible for the performance, reliability, scale, and security (PRSS) of GraphQL at DigitalOcean as their primary role
- We’ll give you the freedom to do what you do best, so you should feel comfortable owning your work from start to finish, as well as bringing fresh ideas to the table that can make our products, development experience, and team better
- You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with multiple areas of the company to make ideas a reality and ensure alignment with organizational priorities and strategy
- Informing, leading, and executing on our efforts to fulfill our long-term UI Platform technical vision through the continuous improvement of our core architecture and associated developer productivity tooling
- Leading the planning and execution of the successor to our current GraphQL implementation, DOGraphQL 2.0, partnering with the Office of the CTO and API Engineering when needed
- As an expert in building and documenting GraphQL APIs, you will be responsible for providing governance, setting and evolving standards and best practices, and change management for GraphQL to our engineers throughout DigitalOcean
- Collaborating with the the UI Platform Technical Lead, Office of the CTO, Security, and other teams within DigitalOcean to surface and solve highly complex problems with broad impact, ensuring technical and strategic alignment
- Engaging with the larger engineering community at DigitalOcean to identify gaps and craft impactful improvements that meet the needs of the business
- Building telemetry that further enables our data-driven capabilities to visualize, orient, prioritize, and deliver on our priorities and unlock opportunities for product teams while proactively identifying and mitigating potential failure modes
- Nurturing a culture of, and writing, 1-Pagers, ADRs, and RFCs that drive awareness and incorporate the voice of our internal and external customers in our roadmaps and proposals
- Working with leadership to establish annual and 8Q roadmaps for our foundational initiatives and informing periodic adjustments to our long-term vision as necessary
- Mentoring and supporting our engineers across our organization to help them–and you–grow
Our take
DigitalOcean offers computer network and storage capabilities that enable its users to quickly set up online businesses. Straightforward tools and attractive pricing have attracted hundreds of thousands of customers in the last decade, including pop superstar Beyoncé, who hosted a new album release on the company’s servers during its early years.
DigitalOcean has a strong customer base, but must continue to improve to stay relevant in such an extremely competitive space. The company battles with rivals such as Amazon Web Service, Microsoft Azure and Google's Cloud Platform, which are the undisputed leaders in the cloud computing market. Wisely, DigitalOcean avoids direct confrontation with these giants by focusing more on small businesses and startups and providing more savings opportunities for its users.
The company has boasted clients such as GitLab, Slack and HashiCorp amongst its impressive lists of customers. Additionally, the company has acquired Cloudways in a move to further simplify workflows for its clients that are looking to scale their digital businesses, it opened a new data center in Sydney, and expects to see a revenue rise between 9% and 12% over 2024.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2020
$50m
SERIES C
Jul 2015
$83m
SERIES B
Total funding: $173.2m
Company benefits
- Full health coverage
- Flexible vacation time
- An annual company offsite, Shark Week
- Monthly gym and internet reimbursement
- Parental leave with transition time built-in
- Formalized mentorship, LinkedIn Learning tracks, and other internal programs
- Work from home opportunities
- 401k plan with up to a 4% employer match
Company HQ
South Village, New York, NY
Leadership
Yancey Spruill
(CEO, not founder)Previously served as CFO and COO for SendGrid and as CFO for both TwentyEighty and DigitalGlobe.
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