Database Engineer, DigitalOcean
DBRE Team
Cloud computing services for developers
Job no longer available
Cloud computing services for developers
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
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 want people who are passionate about building the infrastructure and platforms that will improve the resiliency, scaling, and development speed for cloud services
- We are looking for an experienced database engineer with an operations background in building sustainable solutions for data storage and streaming platforms
- Expert level experience with Apache Kafka or like technologies running at large scale and on bare metal
- Distinguished track record developing and automating platform solutions that serve the needs of other engineering teams
- Experience with other data technologies such as MySQL, Clickhouse, or Cassandra
- Fluency in SQL, Python, Bash, or other scripting languages
- Experience with Linux performance troubleshooting
- Experience with configuration management tooling such as Chef & Ansible
Desirable
- An understanding of using Kubernetes as well as using Hashicorp Consul
- Familiarity with continuous integration tools such as Concourse, GitHub Actions
- Some familiarity with Go readability
- Passion for production engineering done in a resilient fashion
- You have a passion for not repeating yourself (DRY) by way of automation
What the job involves
- Our team’s mission statement is to “provide tools and expertise to solve common operational problems, accelerating and simplifying product development.”
- As part of the team, you’ll be working with a variety of data-related technologies, including Kafka and Redis, in an effort to transform these technologies into platform services
- This is an opportunity to build the services and systems that will accelerate the development of DigitalOcean’s cloud features
- Services will provide highly available, operationally elegant solutions that serve as a foundation for a growing product base and serving a global audience
- This is a high-impact role and you’ll be working with a large variety of product engineering teams across the company
- Administration, operations, and performance tuning of multiple datastores with a focus on Apache Kafka
- Architecting new eventing platform database infrastructure on bare metal
- Delivering managed data platform solutions as a service that facilitate adoption and offer operational elegance
- Working closely with product engineering and infrastructure teams to drive the adoption of services throughout the company
- Instrument and monitor services developed to ensure operational performance
- Create tooling and automation to reduce operational burdens
- Establishing best practices for development, deployment, and operations
- Driving adoption of services throughout the company
- Interact with developers and teams to resolve site and database issues
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
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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