68 applicants

Company

DigitalOcean · 8 hours ago

Staff Engineer (Fleet Performance)

Denver

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$230K/yr - $270K/yr

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop and implement comprehensive performance metrics, analysis tools, and reporting systems

Lead initiatives to enhance shared infrastructure, balancing performance optimization with rigorous security standards

Collaborate with hardware engineering teams and vendors to continuously validate GPU fabric performance

Engage with the open-source Linux community to advance virtualization technologies and integrate them into our fleet

Conduct in-depth performance analysis of the Linux kernel, virtualization layer, storage, and network stack to devise optimization strategies

Identify system bottlenecks proactively and drive optimizations across the hypervisor software stack

Work cross-functionally to harness new performance capabilities from evolving hardware architectures

Enhance test frameworks, harnesses, and pipelines to ensure robust performance validation

Investigate and resolve virtual machine downtime and performance issues in our production environment

Participate in on-call rotations as needed to support system reliability

Qualification

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Linux kernelPerformance measurement toolsGo programmingPython programmingDistributed systems performanceHypervisorsGPU technologyMonitoringAnalyzing infrastructureSecurity best practicesRuby programmingEBPFXDPFioTPCCMLPerfNCCLChefAWXKubernetesX86_64 architectureARM architectureML-based solutionsCPU schedulingMemory managementFile systemI/O

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or Computer/Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience

Extensive knowledge of Linux kernel, hypervisors, and open-source operating systems

7+ experience with performance measurement tools such as profilers, eBPF, XDP, fio, TPCC, MLPerf, and NCCL

5+ years developing strategies for managing, monitoring, and analyzing infrastructure, applications and services

Strong proficiency in Go, Python, and/or Ruby

Deep understanding of kernel performance aspects, including scheduling, context switching, and hardware acceleration

Expertise in distributed systems performance, including tracing and debugging methodologies

Knowledge of GPU technology, GPU fabrics, and programming for multi-GPU workloads

Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems at scale

Strong security mindset with proactive approach to implementing best practices

Excellent cross-team collaboration and communication skills

Leadership experience in skills development and mentorship

Professional-level written and spoken English with strong presentation abilities

Preferred

Experience with observability platforms such as Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic, or Dynatrace

Proficiency in C programming language

Proficiency in compiler-level performance optimization techniques

Experience with Chef, AWX, and/or Kubernetes

Familiarity with x86_64 and/or ARM architectures

Successful history of upstreaming Linux kernel patches

In-depth knowledge of at least one Linux subsystem (CPU scheduling, memory management, file system, I/O, etc.)

Experience in developing and deploying ML-based solutions for anomaly detection and dynamic load balancing

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

Equity compensation to eligible employees

Equity grants upon hire

Option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program

Company

DigitalOcean

Glassdoor

3.9

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

Founded in 2012

New York, New York, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

http://www.digitalocean.com

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