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Director of Engineering, Managed Database Service

DigitalOcean · Bengaluru

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
82 days
DigitalOcean's roles stay open a median of 83 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
68% of DigitalOcean's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at DigitalOcean
high
151 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
2026-10-25

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 Director of Engineering for Managed Database Services at DigitalOcean will lead the development and operation of a cloud database service, ensuring high reliability, performance, and security for customer applications. This role involves making critical technical and operational decisions, managing a team, and collaborating with cross-functional partners to enhance service delivery and customer experience. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and relational databases, focusing on building a high-performing engineering organization.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
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

  • 12+ years of engineering experience, including leadership of cloud infrastructure, database, storage, distributed systems, or large-scale platform organizations
  • 4+ years managing engineering teams, including managers or senior technical leads
  • Proven experience developing and operating customer-facing cloud services at scale
  • Strong understanding of relational database systems and production database workloads
  • Experience running high-availability production services with strong expectations for reliability, durability, security, and incident response
  • Strong operational judgment across monitoring, alerting, incident management, change management, deployment safety, capacity planning, and fleet health

Nice to have

  • Experience building or operating managed database services such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis/Valkey, Kafka, OpenSearch, or similar systems
  • Deep experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL in production environments
  • Experience with cloud database platforms such as Amazon RDS/Aurora, Google Cloud SQL/AlloyDB, Azure Database, PlanetScale, Neon, Crunchy, Percona, EDB, or similar services
  • Experience with replication, failover, backup and restore, read replicas, query performance, storage scaling, connection management, online upgrades, and database maintenance workflows
  • Experience building control planes, automation systems, fleet management systems, or self-healing infrastructure for large-scale cloud services

What you get

  • Flexible time off
  • Local team meetups
  • Mental health and well-being support
  • Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
  • Eligible employees may receive equity compensation, including a new hire equity grant and participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Participation in DigitalOcean’s annual bonus plan for non-sales roles

Worth weighing

  • No specific salary range provided, only that it is based on market data and experience
  • Role involves high judgment decisions that could impact service reliability and customer experience
  • Fast-paced environment may require quick decision-making under pressure

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Listed by DigitalOcean on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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