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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 13 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
As a Software Engineer II on the Storage Team at DigitalOcean, you will design, develop, and operate scalable object storage systems. Your role involves collaborating with peers to create innovative storage solutions, supporting distributed systems, and programming primarily in Go. You will also engage with open source communities and tackle complex problems in a fast-paced environment.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- 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
- Experience with object storage or distributed storage solutions
- Proficiency in programming with Go and other languages
- Knowledge of distributed systems and storage protocols like S3
- Ability to maintain availability and performance of storage products
- Familiarity with concurrency and parallelism models in modern programming languages
Nice to have
- Experience with gRPC
- Familiarity with distributed data stores like Ceph
- Experience with storage hardware
What you get
- Competitive array of benefits including Employee Assistance Program and flexible time off policy
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
- Potential for bonuses based on performance
- Equity compensation including grants and Employee Stock Purchase Program
Worth weighing
- No specific salary range mentioned beyond market data
- Role involves working with open source software which may require additional community engagement
- Fast-paced environment may not suit everyone
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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