Senior Software Engineer I (Databases)

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.

What You’ll Do:

• Developing external customer-facing Managed Database products (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Caching, Kafka, OpenSearch, MongoDB).
• Acting as a subject matter expert on MySQL, providing guidance on performance optimizations and administrative issues.
• Developing and maintaining distributed systems in a Kubernetes environment that is globally distributed.
• Authoring and giving feedback on technical designs.
• Developing APIs with Go.