Does DigitalOcean pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, DigitalOcean employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at DigitalOcean. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at DigitalOcean?

58% of DigitalOcean employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated DigitalOcean 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at DigitalOcean?

Software Engineer (37) , Senior Software Engineer (26) , Developer Support Engineer (13) , Software Engineer II (10) , Customer Success Manager (CSM) (6) , Engineer (6) , Cloud Support Engineer (5) , Director (5) , Network Engineer (5) , Senior Engineer I (5) , Technical Writer (5) , Account Executive (4) , Account Manager (4) , Cloud Engineer (4) , Customer Success Manager (4)

What are the pros of working at DigitalOcean according to real employee reviews?

"Great values and culture." ((in 64 reviews)); "The benefits and great WLB." ((in 44 reviews)); "The people were great and there were some interesting things to work on." ((in 43 reviews)); "Good work life balance (at least after understanding the role and what's required)" ((in 27 reviews)); "Good pay, company provided snacks" ((in 24 reviews))

What are the cons of working at DigitalOcean according to real employee reviews?

"The only thing at the core of all leadership does is profit." ((in 16 reviews)); "For example, leadership was adamant that there would not be layoffs, and two months later they conducted a RIF in the most inhumane way due to poor leadership choices made years prior." ((in 13 reviews)); "Upper management does not have a good goal." ((in 5 reviews)); "The CEO seemed to imply that these were never meant to be permanent, but the company never communicated the expectations clearly." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about DigitalOcean layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about DigitalOcean layoffs and their outlook for job security at DigitalOcean in 2026.

What are the top reviewed DigitalOcean locations?

New York , San Francisco , Austin , Dallas , Denver , Detroit , Raleigh , Cambridge , Remote , New Brunswick , Salt Lake City , Mexico , Houston , San Antonio , Seattle , Philadelphia , Orlando , Boston , Union , Chicago , Fairfax , Brooklyn , Madison , Phoenix , Lexington , Winston-Salem , Minneapolis , Los Angeles , San Diego , Palo Alto

DigitalOcean reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(451 total reviews)

Paddy Srinivasan

56% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

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DigitalOcean has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 451 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DigitalOcean employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

451 reviews

4.0

May 5, 2026

Great culture and talented engineers but average pay

Developer advocate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Culture is really good You will get chance to work with some of amazing engineers

Cons

Pay wise it is average Alot of leadership changes

4.0

May 3, 2026

Great culture and learning opportunities, but on-call issues persist

Data center engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great culture + team + management - Good work life balance (at least after understanding the role and what's required) - Opportunity to travel and work on builds (but not too often which is good) - Learn a lot of sys admin / networking (esp if you've come from a full automated company like AWS)

Cons

- On call shift rotation, sometimes getting paged middle of the night for unnecessary things - Stopped hiring engineers (sys / network) in Sydney. Even if management wants to hire you, c-level will reject - Becoming overly corporate like AWS culture, but not at that point yet

5.0

Mar 31, 2026

Great people, strong engineering culture

Cloud operations engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong remote culture with good work-life balance Talented and supportive colleagues across teams High level of ownership and autonomy in day-to-day work Modern tech stack

Cons

Frequent changes in leadership and priorities can create uncertainty Some processes are still maturing Cross-team communication could be more structured

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Great culture and talented engineers but average pay

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