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DigitalOcean · 14 hours ago

Senior Network Engineer I

DigitalOcean is a cutting-edge technology company focused on simplifying cloud and AI for builders. The Senior Network Engineer will design, implement, and maintain the DigitalOcean network, ensuring scalability and stability for customers.

Cloud ComputingDevOpsSaaSVirtualizationWeb Hosting
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Providing hands-on technical design and engineering for network-related tools and systems
Working with networking-focused software engineers to develop/maintain our network automation and monitoring platform.SDN solution and integration
Developing and contributing to open source projects relating to network and platform engineering
Helping to maintain good code quality by providing guidance during code reviews
Developing and maintaining network automation solutions

Qualification

Network designLinux expertiseJuniper hardwareNetwork automationGo programmingPython programmingCI/CD experienceObservability toolsAutomation frameworksCode versioningDatacenter networksGlobal backbone networksLayer-23 protocolsMPLS experience

Required

BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
Knowledge of and demonstrated ability in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python
Expertise with Linux
Expertise working with Juniper hardware (e.g., MX, QFX, EX, SRX) and the Junos operating system
Experience with CI/CD, containers and/or virtualization, web servers, and databases
Hands-on experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack
Experience with automation frameworks (Salt preferred)
Good knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, and accustomed to multi-branches development
Experience working on, building, and troubleshooting large-scale datacenter networks
Experience working on, building, and troubleshooting global backbone networks
Experience working with Nokia, Arista, and Ciena
Experience working with typical layer-2 and -3 protocols such (e.g., BGP, OSPF, VRRP, IS-IS ,LACP,MC-LAG)
Experience working with MPLS, including BGP-LU (RSVP-TE experience a plus)

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
Bonus in addition to base salary
Equity compensation to eligible employees
Equity grants upon hire
Option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program

Company

DigitalOcean

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DigitalOcean provides a cloud platform to deploy, manage, and scale applications of any size.

H1B Sponsorship

DigitalOcean has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (30)
2024 (8)
2023 (9)
2022 (22)
2021 (11)
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.92B
Key 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

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Paddy Srinivasan
Chief Executive Officer
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Larry D'Angelo
Chief Revenue Officer
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