Lead design and implementation of DigitalOcean's Managed Database (DBaaS) products, specializing in MySQL. Build scalable, resilient backend services and distributed systems on Kubernetes, develop APIs in Go, drive performance optimizations, provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, perform code reviews, and act as last-line support while integrating with platform components and observability tooling.
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 features that you and your peers will love for DigitalOcean’s Managed Databases. The team builds and runs the services and infrastructure for the DigitalOcean DBaaS product. We handle the full life cycle of Managed Databases from the APIs that let users create and manage their databases to software that automates the running, upgrading, and health of databases. We are looking for a seasoned engineer to work on a small team focused on Database-as-a-Service products. This role reports to the Senior Engineering Manager of the DBaaS team within the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) organization in Engineering. This role will involve technical leadership to scale our database platform to meet the needs of our growing customer base.
What You’ll Do:- Develop and enhance customer-facing Managed Database (DBaaS) products.
- Design and build scalable, resilient backend services.
- Own end-to-end technical solutions from architecture to production.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering projects.
- Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews and technical discussions.
- Improve system design, scalability, reliability, availability, and performance.
- Build and maintain globally distributed systems on Kubernetes.
- Author and review technical design documents.
- Develop backend services and APIs using Go (Golang).
- Perform code reviews and drive engineering best practices.
- Provide last-line production support for DBaaS products.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Design, and Operations teams.
- Work with cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Temporal, Grafana, REST, and gRPC.
- Integrate DBaaS services across the DigitalOcean platform.
- Deep expertise in MySQL administration, performance tuning, optimisation, and troubleshooting.
- Experience building and operating Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platforms.
- Strong knowledge of database lifecycle management.
- Experience developing high-performance backend systems.
- Expertise in RESTful API and gRPC service development.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, OpenSearch, and caching technologies.
- Technical ownership and architectural decision-making.
- Experience influencing engineering standards and operational excellence.
- Strong focus on reliability engineering, observability, and code quality.
- Experience ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and rapid incident resolution.
- Strong mentoring and technical coaching skills.
- Experience collaborating effectively in agile, cross-functional teams.
- Ability to build scalable, reliable, and maintainable cloud platform services.
This is a hybrid role based out of Bengaluru, India.
JR: 2026-7976
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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 LinkedIn 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.
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.
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