Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. We are looking for an engineer who will help lead the development and support of current and future storage platforms at scale, with a particular focus on Network File System (NFS) and scalable file storage solutions.
The Storage Team supports the operations and development of block volumes, backups, image management, object storage, and scalable file systems like NFS. Our goal is to create a cohesive, singular interface to hypervisor storage, where storage class placement decisions are transparent to the hypervisor client and leverage the full range of block and file storage classes to best satisfy customer needs.
The selected candidate will have the opportunity to make impactful contributions to key software, contribute to the open source community, and debug interesting problems at cloud scale.
Support the creation and operations of distributed systems at scale.
Program in Go and other languages to develop high-performance storage solutions.
Contribute to and consume from free/open-source software communities, particularly in the file storage space.
Service availability (SLO/SLA): Monthly uptime for control plane and data plane (e.g., control plane ≥99.9%, data plane ≥99.95%); Reduction in manual ops (on-call time, manual runbooks, toil) measured as % decrease in operational tickets or hours.
Experience designing, deploying, and operating highly available file storage solutions.
Expertise in concurrency/parallelism models in modern programming languages like Go.
A passion for open-source contributions and collaborating with the storage community.
You'll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with a high-growth trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. We prioritize career development.



You will join a community of exceptional talent, collaborating closely with some of the brightest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance and fast-paced organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our talent development team prioritizes your professional development and provides resources to support your growth. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education, subject to company policy.
We take a comprehensive approach to our total rewards packages because we know different things drive different people. Our benefits are designed to support you and may include flexible time off, local team meetups, and mental health and well being support. Our perks philosophy is consistent globally, but specific benefits and eligibility vary by location to reflect local needs and regulations.
The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. Eligible employees may also receive equity compensation, which may include a new hire equity grant and, in participating countries, the opportunity to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in DigitalOcean's annual bonus plan and may be eligible for a new hire equity grant, subject to plan terms and local eligibility. Bonus amounts depend on company and individual performance.
Sales roles (sales compensation eligible): In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible to earn incentive compensation under the applicable sales compensation plan and may be eligible for a new hire equity grant, subject to plan terms and local eligibility.
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📌 Senior Software Developer - flexible working (Bengaluru)
🏢 DigitalOcean
📍 Bengaluru