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Linuxcareers lists this Senior Software Engineer II, Compute opportunity in northern, Kentucky. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
DigitalOcean seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to join their Compute team in Seattle, building and optimizing distributed control plane microservices for cloud infrastructure. This high-impact IC4 role combines advanced expertise in Go, microservices, and low-level systems with mentorship responsibilities to elevate engineering standards across the Compute ecosystem.
What You'll Do
Architect and implement scalable distributed control plane microservices in Go to orchestrate low-latency compute workloads across hypervisor nodes
Design robust gRPC interfaces and service contracts for high-throughput, fault-tolerant communication across platform boundaries
Optimize Linux kernel interactions and virtualization subsystems such as KVM, Firecracker, and cgroups to maximize compute performance and system uptime
Mentor multiple team members through technical guidance, architectural reviews, and code quality standards to accelerate team growth and execution velocity
Establish operational observability, failover strategies, and automated recovery frameworks to minimize platform toil and resolve critical production incidents
Participate in on-call operational support and continuous improvement retrospectives to maintain world-class availability across global data centers
What You Need
Experience with Go, high-throughput microservices architecture, gRPC, and building distributed control planes or low-latency infrastructure APIs
Experience with low-level systems engineering, Linux kernel concepts, containerization, or hypervisor-level virtualization such as KVM, Firecracker, eBPF, and cgroups
Deep understanding of distributed systems principles, concurrency patterns, failure modes, and performance optimization in Linux environments
Strong relational intelligence and communication skills with a track record of driving complex cross-team technical projects and mentoring engineers
Growth mindset focused with a desire to learn, appetite for feedback, and commitment to leaving systems and code better than you found them
Salary range $167,200–$209,000 plus potential bonus based on company and individual performance; equity compensation including equity grants upon hire and Employee Stock Purchase Program; competitive benefits including flexible time off, conference and training reimbursement, LinkedIn Learning access, Employee Assistance Program, and local employee meetups
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