DigitalOcean is looking to simplify cloud and AI services, and the Director of Engineering will lead the migrations track to help teams move onto their platform, realizing TCO savings while gaining simplicity and speed.
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.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego leadership style.
- Experience building and growing diverse, high-performing engineering teams.
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.
- Partner cross-functionally with support, customer success, and product teams to understand customer challenges and prioritize the right solutions.
- Own team health and delivery—creating clarity around goals, fostering psychological safety, and setting high technical standards.
- Partner with system integrators to drive scalable migrations in a partner-enabled model.
- Establish and track success metrics to ensure engineering efforts are delivering measurable customer and business value.
- Champion operational excellence, scalable architecture, and a developer-first mindset.
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Experience building and growing diverse, high-performing engineering teams.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego leadership style.
- Ability to work in a remote environment.
- Must be eligible to work in the country where the role is located.
