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# Design Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** DigitalOcean, LLC
- **Location:** Seattle, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $191,000.0 - $239,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Intelligent Platform Management Interface, BIOS, Unix, Configuration Management, Protocol Stack, Linux, RAID, Firmware, Hardware Design, Hardware Platform Interface, Python (Programming Language), Digitalocean, Ansible, Subsystems, TCP/IP, Extensible Firmware Interface, Git, Information Technology, Hardware Infrastructure, 3-tier Architectures, Software Version Control, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-hardware-engineer-digitalocean-9703577

## About the Role

* Technical Degree (BS Computer Science/Engineering) or equivalent practical experience
 * Strong understanding of x86 server hardware architecture and subsystems. Ideally, you've worked with non-x86 hardware too!
 * Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and maintaining liquid-cooled server solutions in datacenter environments
 * Demonstrated professional proficiency in configuration management best-practices (we use Ansible and Chef)
 * Experience automating server components at large-scale using industry-standard tooling (Redfish, IPMI, etc) including a deep understanding of benchmarking, automating test frameworks, and process automation in general
 * Practical knowledge of PXE boot, UEFI, Linux/OS boot, AMI/OEM BIOS distributions, OpenBMC/AMI/OEM BMC implementations, RAID and other storage resiliency technologies, and the full Network stack- from NIC firmware to TCP/IP
 * Adept at Linux (or Unix) operating systems. You'll be spending a lot of time working in one!
 * Comfortable with version control systems (we use Git) and proficient in at least one programming language (such as Python or Go)
 * Ability to participate in 24/7 on-call rotation with other members of the team
 * Excellent communication skills, both within the team and with the broader company
 * Have an insatiable passion for hardware, both new and old

## Description

* Lead projects with internal stakeholders to gather product requirements for hardware designs to meet the DigitalOcean mission
 * Lead projects with vendors on specifying, qualifying, onboarding, and delivering new hardware to the DigitalOcean ecosystem
 * Work on the development and execution of a hardware development roadmap to support product requirements
 * Partner with peer teams to develop tools and processes to orchestrate scaling of the hardware platform
 * Lead projects on internal roadmap to improve team-owned services for both internal stakeholders and customers
 * Act as Tier 3 escalation on-call for triage, investigation, and resolution of system hardware issues in the DigitalOcean fleet (both customer-facing and internal)
 * Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation with other members of the team
 * Improve existing firmware and hardware configuration automation/validation, for both hardware platforms and components (such as NIC, Storage and BMC)
 * Engage with hardware vendors about new automation features and existing bugs
 * Mentor other DigitalOcean employees on configuration management best practices, troubleshooting intuition, hardware design, and clean documentation