Staff Software Engineer - Storage
DigitalOcean (company site, opens in a new tab)8+ yrsBengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 35–60 LPA
Posted 1d ago
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Job description
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About This Role
- Lead design, development, and operation of DigitalOcean's distributed storage platform (block, object, file/NFS) focusing on durability, scalability, and performance.
- Drive architectural vision, establish technical standards, and mentor engineers to ensure operational excellence and timely delivery of storage services.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align storage solutions with business goals, oversee reliability, capacity planning, automation, and guide on emerging storage technologies.
Minimum Requirements
- 8+ years of overall cloud application design/build experience, with 4+ years in storage or distributed systems (e.g., Ceph, replication, consistency).
- Hands-on experience with production-grade distributed storage systems at cloud scale (block, object, file/NFS).
- Strong leadership experience as a technical visionary in large-scale, mission-critical projects.
- Role location: Bengaluru, India; Work Experience Required: 8+ years, including 4+ in storage/distributed systems.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Deep domain expertise operating large-scale, mission-critical distributed storage systems in cloud environments.
- Proven ability to lead architectural vision and drive operational excellence via automation and best practices.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally to translate strategic objectives into scalable technical roadmaps and influence business impact.