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Director of EngineeringDigitalOcean • San Francisco, CA, United States
Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

DigitalOcean • San Francisco, CA, United States
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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.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a multi‑team engineering organization, focusing on developing your Engineering Managers and senior technical leaders.
  • Partner with senior leadership in Product, Design, and GTM to define the long‑term strategic vision and multi‑year roadmap for the App Platform.
  • Scale and optimise the organization’s execution across the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), ensuring your teams adhere to agile principles and deliver high‑quality, high‑velocity results.
  • Provide high‑level technical and architectural direction for the entire App Platform ecosystem, empowering your organization to make high‑impact architectural decisions that align with the long‑term vision for scalability and reliability. Deep expertise in Golang and Kubernetes (k8s) is essential.
  • Take ultimate ownership of the platform’s health, reliability, and performance, driving a culture of operational excellence and customer obsession.
  • Develop and track Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for your organization, aligning them with broader company goals and ensuring measurable business value.
  • Act as the key engineering stakeholder for App Platform, partnering with senior leaders across DigitalOcean (including Kubernetes, Storage, and Networking) to build a seamless and cohesive product experience.

What We'll Expect From You

  • Extensive leadership experience, including a proven track record of managing other engineering managers and leading multi‑team organizations.
  • Deep technical expertise and strategic understanding of Golang and Kubernetes, with comfort guiding senior‑level technical discussions and setting long‑term direction.
  • Strong experience in scaling modern application development and a deep understanding of the SDLC process at an organizational level. Expert in agile methodologies and version control (Git).
  • Awareness of the modern developer landscape, including the use of Generative AI and AI‑assisted coding tools to accelerate development, debugging, and platform interaction.
  • Significant experience building, managing, or defining strategy for services in a public cloud environment (DO, AWS, GCP, Azure). Direct, deep experience with PaaS, container orchestration, or CI / CD systems is a major plus.
  • Strong foundation in building and operating scalable, reliable, and performant distributed systems at scale.
  • Deep commitment to operational excellence, meeting and exceeding SLAs, and using monitoring and observability to guarantee a reliable end‑user experience.
  • Product‑minded leadership with experience integrating user feedback and market analysis into engineering strategy, focusing on delivering business value.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to convey complex technical strategy to executive, technical, and non‑technical audiences.

    • Compensation Range

  • $230,400 - $288,000
  • This is a remote role

    • Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

  • We innovate with purpose and simplify cloud and AI for builders to spend more time creating software that changes the world.
  • We prioritize career development, offering resources such as conferences, training, and Learning courses to support growth.
  • We care about your well‑being, providing a competitive array of benefits, flexible time off, and local employee meetups.
  • We reward our employees with competitive salaries, potential bonuses, equity compensation, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.

    • Equal‑Opportunity Statement

    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.

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