DigitalOcean is looking to solve the problem of making migrations to their cloud platform smooth, scalable, and customer-friendly for teams of all sizes, from startups to growing businesses. This involves reducing friction and increasing adoption by building solutions that address customer pain points during the migration process.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software engineering experience. 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
- A proven track record of delivering complex backend or infrastructure products, ideally related to migrations or cloud services.
- Strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud platforms, and systems design.
- Ability to balance engineering trade-offs with customer and business impact.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of tools and systems that help customers seamlessly migrate to DigitalOcean’s cloud platform.
- Define the engineering roadmap for the migration experience, balancing short-term needs with long-term platform goals.
- Champion operational excellence, scalable architecture, and a developer-first mindset.
Other
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego leadership style.
- Experience building and growing high-performing, diverse engineering teams.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- This is a remote role
