Job Description
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset naturally like to think big and bold and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning having fun and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
Observability Platforms is focused on creating visibility into DigitalOcean’s services and infrastructure. We design build and operate the internal logging metrics distributed tracing error reporting monitoring and alerting platforms that are depended on to ensure good reliable experiences for DigitalOcean’s customers. Through a mix of open source services and in-house developed software we seek to continuously improve the ability of DigitalOcean engineers and product managers to understand the behavior of their products and services in order to improve the experiences of our customers.
What You'll Be Doing:- Integrating and operating open source distributed data systems such as OpenSearch VictoriaMetrics Kafka and Clickhouse
- Implementing features to both improve the operability of our services and help design and implement the next generations of metrics and logging at DigitalOcean.
- Guiding other engineers on how they can best utilize our systems to gain confidence that their services are performing as expected.
- Experience running and using distributed databases such as Opensearch VictoriaMetrics Clickhouse
- Experience with Kubernetes not just as an end user but also an operator
- Experience writing software in Golang. Experience with the challenges of concurrency and distributed systems is a plus.
- Experience with DevOps tooling such as Terraform Ansible and Github Actions (or other relevant CI/CD experience).
- An ability to work well as part of a geographically distributed team.
- Participation in a 24/7 on call rotation
- Someone who is motivated to learn teach grow explore and seek out areas we can improve
- Strong communication and customer service skills - we provide support to the internal users of the systems we design build and operate.
- $139000 - $174000
*This is a remote role
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- We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team you will be a Shark who thinks big bold and scrappy like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers products employees and decisions.
- We prioritize career development. At DO you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences training and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
- We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
- We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data relevant years of experience and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color ancestry national origin caste sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression age disability medical condition pregnancy genetic makeup marital status or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
Skills Required
- Experience running and using distributed systems (OpenSearch VictoriaMetrics ClickHouse Kafka)
- Experience with Kubernetes as an operator (not just end user)
- Experience writing software in Golang
- Experience with DevOps tooling such as Terraform Ansible and GitHub Actions or other CI/CD
- Experience with observability platforms (logging metrics distributed tracing monitoring alerting)
- Participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation
- Ability to work well as part of a geographically distributed team
- Strong communication and customer service skills to support internal users
- Familiarity with concurrency and distributed systems challenges
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DigitalOcean Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Healthcare Strength—Medical dental vision and mental-health support are prominently offered alongside employer-paid life AD&D and disability coverage supplemented by tools such as Headspace Rightway and Carrot. Coverage is positioned as market-leading and oriented toward comprehensive wellness.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Flexible or unlimited PTO is emphasized and paid parental leave includes a structured part-time transition-back program. Time off programs are highlighted as a valued part of the overall package.
- Retirement Support—A 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting is offered in the U.S. alongside tax-advantaged accounts like HSA/FSA. These elements underscore long-term savings support in addition to core insurance coverage.
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What We Do
DigitalOcean is the Inference Cloud — a full-stack production-ready cloud platform built to run AI applications with predictable performance sustainable economics and radically simpler operations at scale. We are built for teams turning AI into real products — not just training models. Our advantage is not fewer features but fewer failure modes when operating AI at scale — combining minimal operational overhead predictable cost efficiency and a full-stack cloud that works as a system. Hyperscalers are broad by design. Neoclouds are infrastructure-first. DigitalOcean is inference-first — with a real cloud underneath. It combines inference-optimized compute managed inference software and integrated cloud capabilities that reduce operational burden for teams running real workloads. Inference is the foundation—not the boundary. Everything else builds on top of it.
Why Work With Us
At DO we do career-defining work. We innovate with AI and build cutting-edge tech. Our rewards to match that intensity - to motivate you recognize your impact and give you what you need to thrive. If you have a growth mindset like to think big and bold and are energized by the fast-paced environment you'll find your place here.
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05/13/2026
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