Lead design and implementation of DigitalOcean's Managed Database (DBaaS) products, specializing in MySQL. Build scalable, resilient backend services and distributed systems on Kubernetes, develop APIs in Go, drive performance optimizations, provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, perform code reviews, and act as last-line support while integrating with platform components and observability tooling.
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.
We want people who are passionate about building features that you and your peers will loveDigitalOcean’s Managed Databases.Team builds and runs the services and infrastructure for the DigitalOcean DBaaS product. We handle the full life cycle of Managed Databases from the APIs which let users create and manage their databases to software that automates the running, upgrading, and health of databases.We are looking for a seasoned engineer to work on a small team focused on Database-as-a-Service products.This role reports to the Senior Engineering Manager of the DBaaS team within the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) organization in Engineering. This role will involve technical leadership to scale our database platform to meet the needs of our growing customer base.
What You’ll Do:- Develop and enhance customer-facing Managed Database (DBaaS) products, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Caching, Kafka, OpenSearch, and MongoDB.
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for MySQL, providing guidance on performance optimization, administration, troubleshooting, and best practices.
- Design and build scalable, resilient backend services for database lifecycle management.
- Own end-to-end technical solutions, from architecture and design through development, deployment, and production support.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple projects and engineering teams.
- Mentor and guide mid-level and junior engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and best engineering practices.
- Drive improvements in system design, reliability, scalability, availability, performance, and cost optimization.
- Develop and maintain globally distributed systems running in Kubernetes environments.
- Author technical design documents and provide constructive feedback on engineering designs.
- Build and maintain backend APIs using Go (Golang).
- Perform code reviews and promote engineering best practices across the team.
- Act as the last line of technical support for Managed Database (DBaaS) products.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Product Management, Design, and Operations.
- Work with modern cloud-native technologies such as Temporal, gRPC, REST APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Grafana, and other components across the DigitalOcean platform.
- Integrate DBaaS services with various components across the DigitalOcean technology stack.
- Develop and enhance customer-facing Managed Database (DBaaS) products, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, OpenSearch, and Caching services.
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for MySQL, providing guidance on database administration, performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting.
- Design and build scalable, resilient backend services to manage the complete database lifecycle.
- Own end-to-end technical solutions, from architecture and design through implementation, deployment, and production support.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering projects and influence architectural decisions.
- Mentor and guide mid-level and junior engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, and engineering best practices.
- Drive improvements in system scalability, reliability, availability, performance, and cost efficiency.
- Build and maintain globally distributed systems running in Kubernetes environments.
- Author, review, and provide feedback on technical design documents and architecture proposals.
- Develop high-performance backend services and APIs using Go (Golang).
- Design and implement RESTful APIs and gRPC services.
- Provide last-line production support for Managed Database (DBaaS) products, ensuring high availability and rapid incident resolution.
- Collaborate with cross-functional, agile teams including Engineering, Product Management, Design, and Platform teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Leverage modern cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Temporal, Grafana, REST, and gRPC to build scalable and reliable systems.
- Integrate services seamlessly with multiple components across the DigitalOcean platform.
- Champion engineering excellence by promoting best practices in system design, operational excellence, code quality, observability, and reliability engineering.
*This job is located in Bengaluru , India
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Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean
- We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
- We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
- We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
- We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
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