Platform Engineer

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Dive in and do the best work of your career rney 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’re looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to serve as the embedded technical leader for the Migration track within our new Forward Engineering organization. In this high‑leverage role, you won't just write code; you'll design and enforce the technical standards and automation architecture that enables the entire team to scale. Your work will directly translate one‑off customer projects into repeatable, reliable, revenue‑driving products.

You will be responsible for creating the automation platform used by the other engineers (Infra, DB, K8s) to achieve minimal variation in migration cycle time. This is a hands‑on technical leadership position ideal for an expert who excels at standardizing practices and mentoring peers.

• Design and Architect Automation:
  Lead the technical design and implementation of the core automation platform, including reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive Repeatability (Playbooks):
  Own the engineering roadmap for tooling that ensures migration steps are documented, testable, and automated, directly supporting the KRs for reduced cycle time and repeatable processes.
• Establish Standards:
  Define and enforce operational excellence, coding standards, observability requirements, and security practices across all migration tooling built by the Forward Engineering team.
• Technical Mentorship:
  Serve as the hands‑on technical lead, mentoring the mid‑level Infrastructure and Database engineers on best practices for building scalable, resilient systems.
• Observability Platform:
  Implement and maintain a standardized observability stack (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana) to provide visibility into migration velocity, status, and system health for both customers and internal stakeholders.
• Cross‑Functional Tooling:
  Collaborate with the Software Engineer (Integrations) to ensure internal tooling interfaces seamlessly with Digital Ocean platform services.

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Dev Ops roles, with a proven track record operating at the Staff or Principal IC level.
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), particularly large‑scale usage of Terraform or Cloud Formation.
• Expert‑level knowledge of CI/CD practices and tooling (e.g., Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions) and experience building self‑service pipelines for other engineers.
• Fluency in system programming languages (Go or Python) used for building internal tooling and automation APIs.
• Proven ability to drive technical alignment and mentorship across multiple ICs.
• Strong experience designing and maintaining production monitoring and logging systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to document complex technical decisions (ADRs) clearly and concisely.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

• $165,000 - $210,000
• This is a remote role

• 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…