Senior Software Engineer, Security Products
DigitalOcean · Boston
Posted about 3 months ago · $140,800 - $176,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 87 days DigitalOcean's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 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
- 2026-10-29
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 Senior Software Engineer on the Security Products team at DigitalOcean, you will design, build, and maintain security products and infrastructure to protect the platform and customer data. Your work will involve developing real-time security detection engines, high-performance APIs, and implementing security solutions on Kubernetes. You will also mentor junior engineers and collaborate with various teams to address complex security challenges.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
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
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to building products at security companies or within security functions
- Expert-level Go and strong JavaScript/Node.js skills
- Proven track record of designing and implementing high-throughput, scalable systems with large data requirements
- Deep understanding of distributed systems: consensus, replication, partitioning, and consistency
- Production Apache Flink and advanced Kafka experience processing high-volume event streams
- Deep Kubernetes expertise running security-critical workloads at scale
Nice to have
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Knowledge of cryptography and secure communication protocols
- Contributions to open-source security projects
What you get
- Salary range of $140,800 - $176,000
- Equity compensation including new hire equity grant and Employee Stock Purchase Program participation
- Annual bonus plan eligibility
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Flexible time off
- Local team meetups
Worth weighing
- Remote role
- Fast-paced and dynamic environment may not suit everyone
- No specific mention of a formal mentorship program despite mentoring responsibilities
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Listed by DigitalOcean on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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