Staff Software Engineer
DigitalOceanDenver, Colorado, United States
Posted October 24, 2025
163456 - 204320 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
DigitalOcean simplifies cloud computing, empowering businesses to focus on building innovative applications that drive growth.
Job Description
DigitalOcean is seeking a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to join their Customer Observability/Insights team. The role involves architecting, developing, and maintaining scalable distributed systems that power DigitalOcean’s Customer-facing Observability ecosystem. The team collaborates with engineering, product, and design teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and developer-friendly solutions to monitor, measure, and optimize cloud infrastructure.
Requirements
- 15+ years of relevant industry experience building and operating large-scale cloud services or distributed systems.
- Strong programming experience in Go (Golang) and deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals.
- Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
- Experience working with OTEL (OpenTelemetry) Collector and distributed tracing.
- Experience with gRPC, Terraform, and Ansible for service communication and infrastructure automation.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Equity compensation
- Professional development resources
- Employee Assistance Program
- Local Employee Meetups
- Flexible time off
- Subsidized training