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# Senior Network Engineer I at DigitalOcean

- **Company:** DigitalOcean
- **Location:** Seattle, WA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-27
- **Apply:** https://www.digitalocean.com/careers/position/apply/?gh_jid=8311567

## Job description

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here.  We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer who is passionate about building large scale networks on the Internet.

As a Senior Network Engineer at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. Reporting to the Manager of Network Infra, the Senior Network Engineer will be part of a team that is designing, implementing and maintaining the DigitalOcean network from the Internet edge to the hypervisor connections. Our networks need to be massively scalable, and enable systems agility, while providing our hundreds of thousands of customers with the most stable platform. We work with other infrastructure and engineering teams to ensure new products and features have scalable network architectures and will provide the performance our customers require.

What You’ll Do:

- Diagnose complex network issues using packet analysis, flow data, and monitoring tools. Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes to maintain organizational SLA compliance and high availability.
- Develop scripts and workflows using Python, Golang and Salt to automate provisioning, configuration changes, and compliance auditing across the DigitalOcean network infrastructure.
- Develop scalable network solutions for data center and cloud connectivity using protocols such as BGP, ISIS, MPLS, VxLAN, and SR (Segment Routing) across the network environment.
- Help in capacity planning and availability by analyzing traffic patterns, forecast growth and recommend hardware/bandwidth upgrades, implement and fine tune QoS policies and routing to optimize throughput and latency to ensure our customers have the best experience.
- Provide technical guidance to team members, conduct design and architecture reviews, and create network documentation including topology diagrams, Standard Operating Procedures and runbooks.
- Research emerging networking solutions, conduct proof-of-concept deployments and testing, and make recommendations to leadership on technology adoption; work with vendors to help validate designs and network hardware.
- Plan maintenance windows, draft change requests with rollback procedures, and lead cross-functional communication during upgrades, migrations and cutovers.
- Serve as a Senior escalation point for the mission critical network. Coordinate with the CloudOps during outages and conduct post-incident reviews and drive continuous improvement.
- Develop comprehensive documentation, including bills of materials, scopes of work, and deployment procedures for the network hardware and software installation in new Points of Presence (POPs) and Data Centers (DCs).

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

- BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
- Knowledge of and demonstrated ability in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python
- Expertise with Linux
- Expertise working with Juniper hardware (e.g., MX, QFX, EX, SRX) and the Junos operating system
- Experience with CI/CD, containers and/or virtualization, web servers, and databases
- Hands-on experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack
- Experience with automation frameworks (Salt preferred)
- Good knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, and accustomed to multi-branches development
- Experience working on, building, and troubleshooting large-scale datacenter networks
- Experience working on, building, and troubleshooting global backbone networks
- Experience working with Nokia, Arista, and Ciena
- Experience working with typical layer-2 and -3 protocols such (e.g., BGP, OSPF, VRRP, IS-IS ,LACP,MC-LAG)
- Experience working with MPLS, including BGP-LU (RSVP-TE experience a plus)

Compensation Range:

- $128,000 - $160,000

*This is a hybrid role

JR: 2026-8336

#LI-Hybrid

## Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

- We innovate with purpose. 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. As part of our team, you’ll embody our "Shark" mindset: bold, ambitious, and scrappy. You'll lead with a bias for action and take true ownership of our products, customer success, and team culture.
- We prioritize career development. At DigitalOcean, you’ll do the best work of your career. 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 care about your well-being. 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 benefits philosophy is consistent globally, but specific benefits and eligibility vary by location to reflect local needs and regulations.
- We reward our employees. 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. Equity awards are subject to approval and the terms of the applicable plan.
- Non-sales roles: 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.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.

## About DigitalOcean

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: DigitalOcean provides a simple, scalable cloud platform for developers, startups, and SMBs, and is now building an AI-native cloud with inference and managed agent services.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: DOCN)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, USA
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Ben Uretsky, Moisey Uretsky, Jeff Carr, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cloud computing, AI infrastructure
- **Target customers**: Developers (B2B), startups, and small-to-medium businesses (Digital Native Enterprises)
- **Mission**: “Simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world.” [digitalocean.com/about](https://www.digitalocean.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **Droplet**: Simple, scalable virtual machines for any workload.
- **Managed Kubernetes**: Container orchestration with easy management.
- **App Platform**: Fully managed platform for building, deploying, and scaling apps.
- **Inference Engine**: AI inference service offering over 70 models (open-weight and frontier), with serverless, dedicated, or batch inference and an Inference Router for cost optimization. [digitalocean.com](https://www.digitalocean.com/)
- **Managed Agents**: Production-ready AI agents that run on the same integrated stack as inference and infrastructure, avoiding cross-vendor hops and egress fees.
- **Core Infrastructure**: 20 data centers across 11 regions, air- and liquid-cooled GPU clusters (NVIDIA H100/H200/Blackwell, AMD Instinct MI300X/MI325X/MI350X) with 400G RoCE fabric.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available in provided sources (public company; check NYSE: DOCN)
- **Key Metric**: Over 640,000 customers globally; more than 1,500 employees (as of early 2026). [digitalocean.com/blog/why-2026-is-the-year-to-join-digitalocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/why-2026-is-the-year-to-join-digitalocean)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: As a public company, its shareholders include institutional investors. No specific partners listed in recent company materials.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth (1,500+ employees), strong customer base expansion (640k+), and a strategic pivot to an “agentic cloud” with new AI products in public preview.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Simplicity**: Known for developer-friendly interfaces and documentation that reduce complexity compared to larger cloud providers.
- **Integrated AI Stack**: Covers five layers (infrastructure, inference, agents, etc.) in one platform, eliminating cross-vendor integration costs and egress fees.
- **Cost-Effectiveness**: Transparent pricing and competitive latency (e.g., 3.9× higher output speed vs. AWS Bedrock, independently benchmarked on DeepSeek V3.2). [digitalocean.com](https://www.digitalocean.com/)
- **Community**: Strong open-source and developer community contributions.

## Strategic Focus
- Building the “comprehensive agentic cloud” – a fully integrated stack for AI-powered applications.
- Expanding inference and managed agent capabilities to attract digital native enterprises.
- Investing in GPU infrastructure (NVIDIA and AMD) and global data center expansion.

## Why Work Here
- **Work Model**: Offers fully remote, hybrid (three days in office), and in-office options depending on role and location. Offices in the US (Austin, Boston, Denver, SF Bay Area, Seattle), India (Hyderabad), and Pakistan (Karachi). [digitalocean.com/careers](https://www.digitalocean.com/careers)
- **Culture**: Values are Fast, Simple, Bold, Proud, Love, Community, and Growth. Emphasis on ownership, bias for action, and thinking big.
- **Compensation**: Competitive base salaries at market midpoint, annual bonus targets, performance equity grants, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- **Benefits**: Generous wellness benefits, flexible PTO, above-average parental leave, health insurance (medical, dental, vision, mental health), 401(k) with safe harbor match, life insurance, and income protection.
- **Professional Development**: Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, education reimbursement for courses/certifications, book program, conference attendance, and internal learning opportunities.
- **Interview Process**: Human resume review (no bots), recruiter video call, hiring manager interview, then team interviews. Accommodations available. [digitalocean.com/careers](https://www.digitalocean.com/careers)
- **Perks**: Monthly internet/phone stipend, wellness stipend, home office setup allowance, milestone and anniversary gift programs, employee giving match via Groundswell.

## Sources
1. [DigitalOcean Careers Page](https://www.digitalocean.com/careers)
2. [DigitalOcean About Page](https://www.digitalocean.com/about)
3. [DigitalOcean Product (AI-Native Cloud)](https://www.digitalocean.com/)
4. [Why 2026 is the Year to Join DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/why-2026-is-the-year-to-join-digitalocean)
5. [DigitalOcean Open Roles](https://www.digitalocean.com/careers/open-roles)

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