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Contract Type: C2C
Posted: 6 hours ago
Closed Date: 03/10/2026
Skills: DigitalOcean Managed Kubernetes,Senior Engineer DevOps
Visa Type: H4 EAD, TN, USC, Other

RoleSenior DevOps Engineer – (Kubernetes and Go Lang)

Location : Remote

Need 12+ years

Visa: USC, H4 EAD, TN, E3, L2, J2

 

Job Description:

We are looking for a Senior Engineer II who is passionate about Kubernetes and excited about the opportunity to take our managed Kubernetes solution (DOKS) to the next level.

As a Senior Engineer DevOps II, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. This role is on the DOKS team that oversees managed Kubernetes offering.

What You’ll Do:

  • Develop the DigitalOcean Managed Kubernetes product.
  • Develop back-end gRPC services written in Go deployed on Kubernetes.
  • Design back-end services and author engineering design documents.
  • Raise the bar for Operational Excellence.
  • Independently lead projects.
  • Navigate the complexity of distributed systems and operate them in production.
  • Break the design documents into actionable epics and stories with estimates.
  • Run experiments to optimize user experience and increase adoption of DOKS.
  • Contribute to and maintain open-source projects, and collaborate with our developer community through customer meetings, blogs, and podcasts.
  • Find emerging tools, trends, and methodologies and show your team how to integrate them against existing systems and processes. 
  • Regularly interact with important customers to understand their needs in the product.
  • Contribute meaningfully to discussions on architecture, implementation, design patterns, and processes while being able to succinctly convey ideas to peers and mentees.
  • Work on teams that operate across multiple time zones.