Lead the design, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of electrical power infrastructure for high-density data centers. Serve as the primary power engineering subject matter expert, define facility standards, guide power distribution and redundancy designs, select rack power systems, develop monitoring and alerting capabilities, coordinate with operations and vendors, and improve reliability across DigitalOcean’s expanding data center footprint.
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey 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.
Reporting to the Director of Datacenter Engineering, you will lead design, deployment, and monitoring of next-generation power infrastructure in high-density datacenter environments. The ideal candidate will be eager to face new challenges as DigitalOcean continues to scale its data center footprint and explore new technologies to bring to our customers.
What You'll Be Doing:- Act as primary SME for all power-related engineering topics at DigitalOcean
- Act as secondary SME for all cooling-related engineering topics at DigitalOcean
- Evangelize power distribution and efficiency technologies throughout the Infra organization and company
- Develop and maintain standards and practices for DigitalOcean datacenter facilities
- Inform facility design requirements with best practices for medium- and low-voltage power distribution, redundancy topologies, and high-density rack power delivery
- Liaise with colocation facility engineering teams regarding electrical system designs
- Liaise with vendor hardware engineering teams regarding hardware electrical design requirements
- Lead selection of rack power distribution systems (busway, PDUs, rack-level power shelves) during the hardware design, ensuring designs not only meet our current needs but can scale with us
- Develop power monitoring tooling and systems to aggregate electrical monitoring information (branch circuit, PDU, and rack-level) and provide alerting capabilities
- Coordinate with operations on monitoring thresholds, failure modes and alerting
- Assist in troubleshooting cause of failures and work to prevent them in the future
- Work closely with Infra teams such as DC Operations and Machine Design to ensure facility readiness for next-generation solutions
- Technical Degree (BS Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or Power Systems Engineering) or equivalent practical experience
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating power infrastructure at scale (including experience with utility service entrances, medium-voltage switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, generators, ATS/STS, busway, PDUs, RPPs, and rack-level power distribution)
- An in-depth understanding of facility power topologies and technologies (N, N+1, 2N, and distributed redundant designs; 415/240V and 480V distribution; high-voltage DC and rack-level power shelves; etc.)
- Strong understanding of power quality, load management, and selective coordination principles in mission critical environments and knowledge of best practices around electrical monitoring and alerting
- Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes and standards (NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE, UL) and arc flash safety practices
- Clear communication and collaboration across key stakeholders
- An insatiable passion for constant improvement
- $130,000 - $160,000
*This is a onsite role
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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. 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 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, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
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