Staff Engineer, Network Infrastructure

🕒 September 21

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $191.2k - $239k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🛜 Network Engineer / Network Administrator

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DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider that offers a suite of products and services for developers to build, deploy, and scale applications. Their platform provides comprehensive tutorials, reference material, and support documentation to assist users in managing resources effectively using their API and CLI tools. With features like Droplets (virtual machines), managed databases, Kubernetes, and a marketplace for third-party applications, DigitalOcean focuses on simplicity and performance. They cater to both individual developers and larger organizations looking for cloud solutions that are easy to implement and manage.

📋 Description

• Design and build network automation and orchestration systems for DigitalOcean's global network infrastructure • Develop software for network provisioning, configuration management, device lifecycle management, validation, monitoring, and automated remediation • Build software integrating with DPUs, SmartNICs, and programmable network infrastructure • Develop automation for large-scale datacenter and Point of Presence deployments, hardware, network fabrics, routing infrastructure, and vendor integrations • Build abstractions across network vendors and hardware implementations while maintaining safety and reliability • Create diagnostic tools and automate operational workflows • Convert manual, repetitive, or error-prone infrastructure operations into scalable software solutions • Partner with network engineers and infrastructure architects on maintainable software architectures • Establish engineering standards for infrastructure software development, testing, observability, and operational readiness • Lead projects from technical design through implementation, deployment, and long-term operation • Establish technical direction and make architectural decisions • Author RFCs, architecture and design documents, technical proposals, project plans, and technical documentation • Identify systemic infrastructure problems and solutions spanning multiple teams and infrastructure layers • Evaluate emerging hardware and software technologies • Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across the engineering organization • Use AI tooling to accelerate development, debugging, testing, documentation, and technical exploration • Build platforms, abstractions, and automation that enable other engineers to move faster • Build partnerships across Network Infrastructure, Compute, Storage, Availability, Security, and Hardware/Platform Engineering

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience designing and building production software systems at scale • Strong software engineering fundamentals, including distributed systems, API design, concurrency, testing, observability, and system reliability • Strong programming experience in one or more languages such as Go, Python, or C++ • Experience building automation, orchestration, or infrastructure platforms • Strong understanding of networking, including TCP/IP, BGP, EVPN/VXLAN, VLANs, routing, switching, and network telemetry • Experience working with network devices, network automation frameworks, APIs, or vendor SDKs • Experience designing systems that operate safely in highly available, production environments • Ability to understand complex infrastructure problems and simplify them into scalable software architectures • Strong technical writing skills, including RFCs, architecture/design documents, technical proposals, project plans, and related documentation • Ability to turn ambiguous problems into technical proposals, documented requirements, architectural decisions, and implementation plans • Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical decisions across engineering teams • Demonstrated ability to operate as a technical leader without relying on organizational authority • Experience with DPUs, SmartNICs, or programmable network infrastructure is particularly valuable • Experience with programmable data planes, eBPF, P4, or similar technologies is particularly valuable

🏖️ Benefits

• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education • Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses • Employee Assistance Program • Local Employee Meetups • Flexible time off policy • Competitive benefits varying based on local regulations and preferences • Bonus eligibility based on company and individual performance • Equity compensation, including equity grants upon hire • Employee Stock Purchase Program • Equal-opportunity employment

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