Senior Director, Engineering - Serverless Compute Engineering
DigitalOcean · Bengaluru
Posted about a month ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 30 days DigitalOcean's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 68% of DigitalOcean's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at DigitalOcean
- high 101 stale, 1 reposted of 151 open
- Hiring momentum
- 197 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from DigitalOcean's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for DigitalOcean.
About this role
The Senior Director of Engineering for Serverless Compute at DigitalOcean will lead the strategy and execution of serverless services, including application platforms and observability capabilities. This role focuses on enhancing the developer experience while ensuring operational excellence and scalability for cloud-native and AI-native applications. The director will work cross-functionally to drive product development, customer adoption, and business growth.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of DigitalOcean as an employer.
What you need
- Extensive experience building and operating large-scale cloud platforms, PaaS offerings, and serverless platforms
- Deep understanding of developer platforms, deployment systems, observability, cloud-native technologies, and operational challenges of running production applications at scale
- Proven ability to define long-term product strategy and translate business goals into engineering execution
- Experience leading large, geographically distributed engineering organizations with a focus on reliability and operational excellence
What you get
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
- Competitive array of benefits including Employee Assistance Program and flexible time off policy
- Bonus eligibility based on company and individual performance
- Equity compensation including grants upon hire and participation in Employee Stock Purchase Program
Worth weighing
- No specific salary range provided, only that it is based on market data and experience
- Role involves significant leadership responsibilities and cross-functional collaboration, which may require extensive time commitment
- Position located in Bengaluru, India, which may impact relocation considerations for candidates
Summarised from DigitalOcean's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by DigitalOcean on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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