Principal Software Engineer, DigitalOcean
$225-300k
Cloud computing services for developers
Job no longer available
Cloud computing services for developers
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$225-300k
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 seeking a Principal Engineer who is deeply passionate about developing high-performance GPU Bare Metal solutions for AI/ML applications
- This role requires an expert in system architecture, performance optimization, and monitoring, committed to delivering solutions that meet rigorous standards for speed and reliability across distributed environments
- Proven expertise in leading, developing, and scaling complex solutions from inception to global scale, emphasizing speed, quality, and customer satisfaction
- Excellent leadership and collaborative skills, with a capacity to drive innovation in an Agile/Kanban environment
- Demonstrated ability to develop and optimize complex storage and networking solutions
- Strong strategic analytical skills to effectively utilize data, enhancing system stability and performance, and improving decision-making and problem-solving capabilities
- Commitment to continuous learning and improvement, particularly in technologies that support AI/ML workloads
- Always prioritize customer needs and feedback to drive product excellence
- Ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and challenges
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across teams
- Understanding of AI/ML workloads and overall industry trends
- Strong collaborator and consensus builder. Author and review design documentation
- Experience troubleshooting, analyzing, and debugging
- Experience as a software engineer/developer in a large-scale, distributed environment
- Experience writing secure, testable, and robust low-level code
- A critical thinker dedicated to solving problems and delivering solutions
- Strong foundational experience in software development and architecture
- A track record of upstream contribution and influence in relevant open-source communities
- Deep understanding of operating systems, network, virtualization, and Linux internals
What the job involves
- Develop a world-class GPU Bare Metal offering that surpasses customer expectations
- Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment focused on customer needs
- Enhance system architecture and storage solutions, including Object, NFS, and block storage, to bolster GPU performance and scalability
- Optimize monitoring and performance testing to guarantee high availability and excellence in operations
- Lead the design and development of systems optimized for AI/ML workloads, focusing on speed and scalability
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, emphasizing speedy and high-quality project delivery
- Utilize data analytics to drive performance enhancements and customer satisfaction
- Demonstrate expertise in Agile methodologies to streamline project delivery
- Balance speed with quality to deliver robust and scalable solutions
- Champion the launch and growth of complex solutions that captivate and expand our customer base
- Encourage continuous learning and a growth mindset within the team
- Collaborate with our dedicated team to design, develop, and optimize a world-class GPU offering
- Define and refine infrastructure requirements needed to support AI/ML workloads
- Develop and refine monitoring strategies to proactively manage system performance and reliability, ensuring high availability and operational excellence
- Collaborate with technical leaders to store, move, and manipulate large datasets
- Guide performance teams on industry-standard testing methodologies and help optimize for GPU fabric throughput
- Identify security improvements and drive review discussions with internal teams
- Influence a culture of engineering excellence through active engagement with DigitalOcean’s Architecture group
- Work directly with engineering teams to deliver new infrastructure functions and technologies in support of DigitalOcean AI/ML products
- Drive technical strategy influencing medium and long-term roadmaps
- Contribute to open-source communities related to our stack and encourage your fellow sharks to do the same
- Develop and integrate advanced storage solutions, including Object, NFS, and block storage technologies, ensuring their seamless performance and scalability within GPU infrastructure projects
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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