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Sr. Director, EngineeringDigitalOcean • Boston, MA, United States
Sr. Director, Engineering

Sr. Director, Engineering

DigitalOcean • Boston, MA, United States
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Sr. Director, Engineering

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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 want people who are passionate about building high performing teams that operate at scale.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Working in close partnership with Product Management, Design and other core product directors (Networking, Storage, AI Infrastructure) to deliver key Compute products.
  • Optimizing Compute fleet performance and efficiency at scale across our globally distributed Data Centers.
  • Defining and executing on the next generation of high performance Compute products.
  • Develop quarterly goals and objectives that help keep your teams aligned with the vision and higher‑level company goals.
  • Make large prioritization decisions, and tradeoffs between schedule, scope, cost.
  • Attract, develop and retain the people required to deliver your plan.
  • Actively coach and develop the managers and technical leaders within your organization, and create a healthy culture that supports delivery over the long term.
  • Command the economics tied to your organization. This includes ROI considerations, revenue impact, margins, opex and capex budgets.
  • Actively participate in the yearly and quarterly budget process and make strategic and tactical decisions to manage to these budgets.
  • Be an open communicator within DigitalOcean in both written and spoken form. Routinely present at company AMAs.
  • As a director you will be expected to drive a company initiative that does not fit nicely in a box, or has impact beyond your immediate organization.

What We’ll Expect From You

  • Significant experience managing software development teams and shipping software‑based products or services, a big plus to kernel, virtualization and fleet management technologies at scale.
  • Experience with building and leading teams with an emphasis on scaling them to meet the demands of a rapidly growing business.
  • Direct experience building scalable infrastructure software and / or distributed systems.
  • Strong analytic and quantitative analysis skills.
  • Strong communications skills with the ability to prioritize well and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence through a strong, talented and motivated team.
  • Sound business judgment, with a proven ability to influence others and drive consensus.
  • A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
  • A good systems thinker, who understands complex organisations, systems and how to work effectively in a complex environment.
  • Enough architecture and engineering chops to hold your teams to high standards.
  • A good cross functional collaborator.
  • An effective communicator in written and spoken forms.
  • A leader comfortable with build, buy, partner decisions.
  • Compensation Range

  • $278,000.00 - $348,000.00
  • This is a remote role
  • Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

  • We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting‑edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
  • We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high‑performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to Learning’s 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
  • We care about your well‑being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
  • 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; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
  • DigitalOcean is an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
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