Senior Full Stack Engineer (Backend)

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.

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Full Stack Engineer with 5+ years of professional experience to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate is a self-driven engineer who can independently design, develop, and deliver high-quality software across both frontend and backend systems. This role requires strong technical expertise, ownership, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in a cloud-native environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for configuration management, application deployment, and operational automation across Linux environments.
• Develop custom Ansible modules and plugins in Python to extend automation capabilities for specialized use cases.
• Automate server management and operational tasks using Python and Bash scripting.
• Design infrastructure architecture for new services and platforms, including networking, scalability, high availability, and security considerations.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, including deployment automation for microservices.
• Manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters end to end, cluster provisioning, version upgrades, node group management, RBAC, Helm charts, ingress, autoscaling, and workload optimization.
• Streamline Kubernetes deployments using GitOps practices with ArgoCD and Argo Workflows.
• Write and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, provision and manage infrastructure on AWS and other cloud providers.
• Implement and maintain observability solutions, centralized logging, metrics collection, and monitoring/alerting systems.
• Debug and resolve production issues, participate in root cause analysis and operational reviews.
• Work with security teams to remediate vulnerabilities, manage secrets and certificates, and implement security best practices such as SSL/TLS and mTLS.
• Manage and upgrade databases and caching services including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
• Perform OS lifecycle management including Linux server upgrades, patching, and image builds.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevOps practices and streamline software delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with DevOps focus.
• Strong knowledge in web development, backed by at least 1 year of hands-on experience.
• Deep understanding of DevOps fundamentals and rapid software delivery practices.
• Strong knowledge of encryption, hashing, and SSL/TLS protocols.
• Proficient in networking concepts and implementing robust security measures.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, Ansible, and Linux system administration.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Knowledge of containerization concepts and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code technologies.
• Proficient in database management, including MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

What We're Looking For

• A proactive engineer who takes ownership from design through production.
• Someone comfortable working across the frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.
• A collaborative team player with a continuous learning mindset.
• An engineer who values code quality, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• This is an Onsite role

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Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI 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 you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups 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 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.
• 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.

Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.