DigitalOcean · 3 months ago
Sr. Director, Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $250K/yrDigitalOcean is a cutting-edge technology company focused on simplifying cloud and AI for builders. They are seeking a Sr. Director of Engineering to drive engineering excellence across Compute offerings, guiding teams through software development phases and optimizing performance at scale.
Cloud ComputingDevOpsSaaSVirtualizationWeb Hosting
Responsibilities
Working in close partnership with Product Management, Design and other core product directors (Networking, Storage, AI Infrastructure) to deliver key Compute products
Optimizing Compute fleet performance and efficiency at scale across our globally distributed Data Centers
Defining and executing on the next generation of high performance Compute products
Develop quarterly goals and objectives that help keep your teams aligned with the vision and higher-level company goals
Make large prioritization decisions, and tradeoffs between schedule, scope, cost
Attract, develop and retain the people required to deliver your plan
Actively coach and develop the managers and technical leaders within your organization, and create a healthy culture that supports delivery over the long term
Command the economics tied to your organization. This includes ROI considerations, revenue impact, margins, opex and capex budgets
Actively participate in the yearly and quarterly budget process and make strategic and tactical decisions to manage to these budgets
Be an open communicator within DigitalOcean in both written and spoken form. Routinely present at company AMAs
As a director you will be expected to drive a company initiative that does not fit nicely in a box, or has impact beyond your immediate organization
Qualification
Required
Significant experience managing software development teams and shipping software-based products or services, a big plus to kernel, virtualization and fleet management technologies at scale
Experience with building and leading teams with an emphasis on scaling them to meet the demands of a rapidly growing business
Direct experience building scalable infrastructure software and/or distributed systems
Strong analytic and quantitative analysis skills
Strong communications skills with the ability to prioritize well and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence through a strong, talented and motivated team
Sound business judgment, with a proven ability to influence others and drive consensus
A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
A good systems thinker, who understands complex organisations, systems and how to work effectively in a complex environment
Enough architecture and engineering chops to hold your teams to high standards
A good cross functional collaborator
An effective communicator in written and spoken forms
A leader comfortable with build, buy, partner decisions
Benefits
Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
One-time work from home stipend
Wellness allowance
Flexible time off policy
Company
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean provides a cloud platform to deploy, manage, and scale applications of any size.
Founded in 2012
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (30)
2024 (8)
2023 (9)
2022 (22)
2021 (11)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.92BKey Investors
Global Secure InvestAccess IndustriesKeyBanc Capital Markets
2025-08-12Post Ipo Debt· $625M
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $800M
2021-09-13Post Ipo Equity· $34.91M
Leadership Team
Paddy Srinivasan
Chief Executive Officer
Larry D'Angelo
Chief Revenue Officer
Recent News
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