Engineering Manager: Cloud Storage Systems

DigitalOcean’s Cloud Storage Team is seeking a highly motivated and experienced technical engineering manager to support our engineers and engineering culture and lead the team developing our software-defined Storage products. This person will be responsible for aiding career development, motivating and monitoring engineers, working with engineering leads to evaluate an engineer’s performance, providing coaching, and counseling as needed.

The Storage Systems Team focuses on supporting the operations and development of the data persistence layer of storage products. The team has responsibility for the lifecycle of hardware nodes inclusive of evaluation, certification, provisioning, and ongoing systems management as well as the underlying persistence-layer software such as Ceph, Vast, Pure Storage, Minio, etc.

We are looking for someone with a great understanding of teams and processes, who will be accountable for the engineering team’s performance and quality. You will also manage the recruitment, selection, and retention of the team as we continue to grow and scale.

• Recruiting, managing, and maintaining a world-class remote engineering team
• Planning and executing complex technical projects in and related to cloud storage
• Collaborating with technical leads and contributing to the overall architecture, design, and development of storage projects
• Managing software project schedules using various life cycle approaches
• Developing processes and tools to improve team performance and quality-of-life
• Developing processes and tools to improve product performance and quality
• Working with the product team to ensure successful product and feature rollouts from requirements analysis through implementation and long-term operations
• Collaborating with cross functional teams in infrastructure, operations, support, core services and systems engineering to design idiomatic, sustainable solutions
• Supporting the goals and developing growth opportunities for team members
• Facilitating transparent, constructive communication between team members
• Providing coaching and counseling via mentoring, one-on-one meetings, etc
• Organizing regular performance appraisals
• Planning and executing relevant training for the engineering team

• Experience managing, coaching, and mentoring software engineers
• Domain experience with the cloud, storage, and/or physical infrastructure systems
• Experience shipping products at scale and on-time, with a focus on the customer
• Experience managing and delivering projects throughout the entire SDLC
• Experience developing cross-disciplinary collaboration between engineering, operations, support, and product groups
• Experience with end-to-end quality best practices and their implementation
• Experience with staffing, interviewing, building, and retaining teams
• Experience conveying complex ideas in written, verbal and presentational formats
• Working knowledge of Ceph is a bonus but not required

• 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 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 their 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 $151,700 - $189,600 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. 
• We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

*This is a remote role

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