Senior Software Engineer II, Storage

DigitalOcean is a cutting-edge technology company focused on simplifying cloud solutions for developers and businesses. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to lead engineering efforts in delivering innovative storage solutions and support the creation and operations of distributed systems. The role involves programming in Go, collaborating with a motivated team, and contributing to open source software communities.

Responsibilities:

• Leading engineering efforts to deliver innovative storage solutions
• Supporting the creation and operations of distributed systems
• Programming in Go and other languages
• Collaborating with a motivated team of peers
• Consuming from and contributing to free/open source software communities
• Solving interesting problems in a technically rewarding environment

Requirements:

• Leading engineering efforts to deliver innovative storage solutions
• Supporting the creation and operations of distributed systems
• Programming in Go and other languages
• Collaborating with a motivated team of peers
• Consuming from and contributing to free/open source software communities
• Solving interesting problems in a technically rewarding environment
• Design, develop, test, and deploy software in modern tools and languages, such as Go, while continually cultivating your skills and collaborating with an agile, self-motivated team
• Experience automating, operating, and troubleshooting production systems; maintaining the availability and performance of storage products
• Experience with Linux operating systems and familiarity with storage fundamentals
• Experience with containerization (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes) and service-oriented architectures
• Familiarity with concurrency / parallelism models in a modern programming languages
• Experience leading discussions on architectures, implementations, design patterns, and processes with the ability to succinctly convey ideas to peers and mentees
• Any relevant domain experience such as Ceph, S3, block storage, containerization, software routing and load balancing