DigitalOcean
Staff Storage Engineer
DigitalOcean, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Do you ever wonder what happens inside the cloud?
DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.
We are looking for an engineer who will
help lead the development and support
of current and future storage platforms at scale.
The Storage Team supports the operations and development of block volumes, backups and image management, and object storage. The ultimate goal of the Droplet Storage Team is to create a cohesive singular interface to hypervisor storage where storage class placement decisions are transparent to the hypervisor client and take advantage of the full range of available block storage classes to best satisfy customer needs.
The selected candidate will have the opportunity to make impactful contributions to key software, contribute to the open source community, and debug interesting problems at cloudscale.What You'll Be Doing:Leading engineering efforts to deliver innovative storage solutionsSupporting the creation and operations of distributed systemsProgramming in Go and other languagesCollaborating with a motivated team of peersConsuming from and contributing to free/open source software communitiesSolving interesting problems in a technically rewarding environmentWhat You'll Add to DigitalOcean:Knowledge of Object Storage and distributed File Systems and how to scale those solutions.Cultivating your skills, learning languages, and teaming up with an agile, self-motivated group of peers to design, develop, test and deploy software in modern tools and languages such as Go.Sharing responsibility for maintaining the availability and performance of storage productsCollaborating with and contributing to free and open source software communitiesSolving interesting problems of complexity and scale in a technically rewarding environmentFamiliarity with concurrency / parallelism models in a modern programming languageBonus:Experience with gRPC, distributed data stores like Ceph, and storage hardwareWhy You'll Like Working for DigitalOcean :We are proud to work here.
You'll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud computing 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 10,000+ 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 your overall well-being, from one-time work from home stipend to wellness allowance 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 between $190,000 - $205,000 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.We value diversity and inclusion.
We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. 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.
*This is a remote role
#LI-Remote
#LI-DS1
DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.
We are looking for an engineer who will
help lead the development and support
of current and future storage platforms at scale.
The Storage Team supports the operations and development of block volumes, backups and image management, and object storage. The ultimate goal of the Droplet Storage Team is to create a cohesive singular interface to hypervisor storage where storage class placement decisions are transparent to the hypervisor client and take advantage of the full range of available block storage classes to best satisfy customer needs.
The selected candidate will have the opportunity to make impactful contributions to key software, contribute to the open source community, and debug interesting problems at cloudscale.What You'll Be Doing:Leading engineering efforts to deliver innovative storage solutionsSupporting the creation and operations of distributed systemsProgramming in Go and other languagesCollaborating with a motivated team of peersConsuming from and contributing to free/open source software communitiesSolving interesting problems in a technically rewarding environmentWhat You'll Add to DigitalOcean:Knowledge of Object Storage and distributed File Systems and how to scale those solutions.Cultivating your skills, learning languages, and teaming up with an agile, self-motivated group of peers to design, develop, test and deploy software in modern tools and languages such as Go.Sharing responsibility for maintaining the availability and performance of storage productsCollaborating with and contributing to free and open source software communitiesSolving interesting problems of complexity and scale in a technically rewarding environmentFamiliarity with concurrency / parallelism models in a modern programming languageBonus:Experience with gRPC, distributed data stores like Ceph, and storage hardwareWhy You'll Like Working for DigitalOcean :We are proud to work here.
You'll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud computing 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 10,000+ 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 your overall well-being, from one-time work from home stipend to wellness allowance 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 between $190,000 - $205,000 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.We value diversity and inclusion.
We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. 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.
*This is a remote role
#LI-Remote
#LI-DS1