Senior Manager, Engineering, Compute

DigitalOcean seeks a Senior Manager, Engineering, Compute to lead and scale software engineering teams building distributed compute control plane services and orchestration layer. This role involves driving multi-quarter technical roadmap, establishing operational rigor with SLO/SLA standards, and fostering an inclusive culture. The manager will partner cross-functionally and guide architectural reviews across Go microservices.

Technical breadth in low-level infrastructure, Go microservices, distributed control planes, virtualization primitives (KVM, libvirt, QEMU, gRPC). Deep understanding of distributed systems and control plane orchestration. Experience leading multi-team engineering organizations and shipping complex infrastructure programs. Exceptional relational intelligence and empathetic communication. Growth mindset with curiosity and adaptability.