Full Stack Developer

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for building features that users and their peers will love.

DigitalOcean's Managed Databases Team builds and runs the services and infrastructure for our DBaaS product. This role involves handling the full life cycle of Managed Databases, from APIs that let users create and manage their databases to software that automates the running, upgrading, and health of databases.

As a member of our small team focused on Database-as-a-Service products, you will be responsible for developing external customer-facing Managed Database products. You will contribute to design and discussion on technical architecture, build delightful user experiences with React, GraphQL, and Typescript, and develop APIs with Go Lang.

Your responsibilities will also include improving testing, maintenance, and deployment automation to increase development velocity and resiliency, providing last-line support for DBaaS products, collaborating with an agile, self-managed team of peers, and leveraging technologies such as Temporal, gRPC, REST, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Grafana, and more.

• Developing external customer-facing Managed Database products (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Caching, Kafka, OpenSearch, MongoDB, and more).
• Contributing to design and discussion on technical architecture.
• Building delightful user experiences with React, GraphQL, and Typescript.
• Developing APIs with Go Lang.
• Improving testing, maintenance, and deployment automation to increase development velocity and resiliency.
• Providing last-line support for DBaaS products.
• Collaborating with an agile, self-managed team of peers.
• Leveraging technologies such as Temporal, gRPC, REST, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Grafana, and more.

• At least 2 years of experience developing infrastructure and products from ideation to deployment, with a focus on front-end engineering and services.
• Strong experience in React, Typescript, and GraphQL.
• A solid understanding of building and maintaining microservices within distributed systems.
• Working knowledge of microservices using container workload engines and frameworks such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong spoken and written capabilities for communicating technical designs and code changes to other engineers, designers, and product teams.
• Familiarity in developing APIs with Golang.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and frameworks.
• Professional experience using different SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Passion for collaborating directly with customers to discover their Jobs To Be Done, and developing simple delightful solutions to solve those jobs.
• Ability to work closely with other front-end developers and designers.

• We innovate with purpose. As a cutting-edge technology company, we simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world.
• We prioritize career development. Our high-performance organization challenges you to think big, and our organizational development team provides resources to ensure you keep growing.
• We care about your well-being. We offer a competitive array of benefits to support you, including an Employee Assistance Program, Local Employee Meetups, and flexible time off policy.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary, and eligible employees receive equity compensation.
• We value diversity and inclusion. We recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers, and we approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully.