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Staff Security Software Engineer
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We are looking for a Staff Security Software Engineer who is passionate about detecting and mitigating abuse in the Cloud. As a Staff Security Software Engineer at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Security Engineering within the Security organization.
What You’ll Do
Design, develop, and deploy resilient services and tooling that provide security capabilities at scale, primarily in Go, with some work in Javascript and Python.
Research and design automated approaches to detecting and actioning abuse and misuse of DigitalOcean products and services.
Work with product and engineering teams to design and implement secure architectures.
Design and build internal tools that enable our Security Operations Center to do more, faster.
Measure the efficacy of our services and tools, using logs, metrics, and audit records, to drive reporting and decision‑making, leading to iterative and transformative security improvements.
What You’ll Add To DigitalOcean
8+ years of hands‑on experience in software engineering projects, ideally with a security focus, in a complex, high‑scale SaaS or IaaS environment. You are an expert in writing robust code with good test coverage and demonstrated success in delivering projects.
Understanding of cloud‑native services and infrastructure provisioning (e.g. compute, storage, networking).
Deep familiarity with cloud services & infrastructure—compute, storage, network, managed services—and related abuse tactics, including DDoS, spamming, phishing, cryptomining, and bot networks.
Strong analytical and reporting skills, with proficiency in SQL and data warehouse querying (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
A customer‑first mindset—you aim to maximize abuse prevention while avoiding false‑positives that could impact high‑value customers.
Excellent communication and documentation skills; you can clearly articulate patterns, mitigation strategies, and tradeoffs to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
High integrity, strong judgment, and a track record of working independently on high‑impact investigations and policy decisions.
Bonus Qualifications
Experience with microservice architectures, asynchronous and event‑driven processing, and synchronous gRPC/HTTP‑based requests.
Experience in building secure by default services and applications.
Familiarity with technologies such as gRPC, Docker, Elasticsearch, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions.
Experience with Looker, Snowflake, dbt, and Airflow.
Compensation Range
$166,400 - $208,000
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.
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 your 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 identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
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Staff Security Software Engineer
role at
DigitalOcean
We are looking for a Staff Security Software Engineer who is passionate about detecting and mitigating abuse in the Cloud. As a Staff Security Software Engineer at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Security Engineering within the Security organization.
What You’ll Do
Design, develop, and deploy resilient services and tooling that provide security capabilities at scale, primarily in Go, with some work in Javascript and Python.
Research and design automated approaches to detecting and actioning abuse and misuse of DigitalOcean products and services.
Work with product and engineering teams to design and implement secure architectures.
Design and build internal tools that enable our Security Operations Center to do more, faster.
Measure the efficacy of our services and tools, using logs, metrics, and audit records, to drive reporting and decision‑making, leading to iterative and transformative security improvements.
What You’ll Add To DigitalOcean
8+ years of hands‑on experience in software engineering projects, ideally with a security focus, in a complex, high‑scale SaaS or IaaS environment. You are an expert in writing robust code with good test coverage and demonstrated success in delivering projects.
Understanding of cloud‑native services and infrastructure provisioning (e.g. compute, storage, networking).
Deep familiarity with cloud services & infrastructure—compute, storage, network, managed services—and related abuse tactics, including DDoS, spamming, phishing, cryptomining, and bot networks.
Strong analytical and reporting skills, with proficiency in SQL and data warehouse querying (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
A customer‑first mindset—you aim to maximize abuse prevention while avoiding false‑positives that could impact high‑value customers.
Excellent communication and documentation skills; you can clearly articulate patterns, mitigation strategies, and tradeoffs to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
High integrity, strong judgment, and a track record of working independently on high‑impact investigations and policy decisions.
Bonus Qualifications
Experience with microservice architectures, asynchronous and event‑driven processing, and synchronous gRPC/HTTP‑based requests.
Experience in building secure by default services and applications.
Familiarity with technologies such as gRPC, Docker, Elasticsearch, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions.
Experience with Looker, Snowflake, dbt, and Airflow.
Compensation Range
$166,400 - $208,000
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.
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 your 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 identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at DigitalOcean by 2x.
Get notified about new Security Software Engineer jobs in Boston, MA.
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