Senior Full Stack Engineer (Backend)

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 highly motivated Senior Full Stack Engineer with 5+ years of professional experience to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate is a self-driven engineer who can independently design, develop, and deliver high-quality software across both frontend and backend systems. This role requires strong technical expertise, ownership, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in a cloud-native environment.

• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for configuration management, application deployment, and operational automation across Linux environments.

• Develop custom Ansible modules and plugins in Python to extend automation capabilities for specialized use cases.

• Automate server management and operational tasks using Python and Bash scripting.

• Design infrastructure architecture for new services and platforms, including networking, scalability, high availability, and security considerations.

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, including deployment automation for microservices.

• Manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters end to end, cluster provisioning, version upgrades, node group management, RBAC, Helm charts, ingress, autoscaling, and workload optimization.

• Streamline Kubernetes deployments using GitOps practices with ArgoCD and Argo Workflows.

• Write and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, provision and manage infrastructure on AWS and other cloud providers.

• Implement and maintain observability solutions, centralized logging, metrics collection, and monitoring/alerting systems.

• Debug and resolve production issues, participate in root cause analysis and operational reviews.

• Work with security teams to remediate vulnerabilities, manage secrets and certificates, and implement security best practices such as SSL/TLS and mTLS.

• Manage and upgrade databases and caching services including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and Redis.

• Perform OS lifecycle management including Linux server upgrades, patching, and image builds.

• Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevOps practices and streamline software delivery.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with DevOps focus.

• Strong knowledge in web development, backed by at least 1 year of hands-on experience.

• Deep understanding of DevOps fundamentals and rapid software delivery practices.

• Strong knowledge of encryption, hashing, and SSL/TLS protocols.

• Proficient in networking concepts and implementing robust security measures.

• Proficiency in Python, Bash, Ansible, and Linux system administration.

• Proficiency with cloud platforms, particularly AWS.

• Knowledge of containerization concepts and Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of infrastructure as code technologies.

• Proficient in database management, including MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

• A proactive engineer who takes ownership from design through