Is DigitalOcean a good company to work for as a Sr. Software Engineer?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at DigitalOcean have rated their employer with 2.3 out of 5 stars in 27 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of DigitalOcean employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Sr. Software Engineer Jobs at DigitalOcean now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sr. Software Engineer interview questions at DigitalOcean .

Does DigitalOcean pay Sr. Software Engineer employees well?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at DigitalOcean with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 27 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sr. Software Engineer salaries at DigitalOcean.

How happy are Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at DigitalOcean?

18% of Sr. Software Engineer employees at DigitalOcean would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 67% in the past 12 months. Sr. Software Engineer professionals have also rated DigitalOcean with a 3.5 rating for work-life-balance, 3.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.9 rating for culture and values and 3.1 rating 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?

"1) Complete embrace of remote work and remote culture" ((in 63 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 29 reviews)); "Good pay and benifits overall" ((in 21 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 15 reviews)); "Most teams have been completely decimated due to poorly executed layoffs." ((in 11 reviews)); "Upper management does not have a good goal." ((in 6 reviews)); "The CEO seemed to imply that these were never meant to be permanent, but the company never communicated the expectations clearly." ((in 3 reviews)); "life balance is awful, lack of training, no transparency, no clear goals or leadership from direct manager." ((in 2 reviews))

DigitalOcean Sr. Software Engineer reviews

2.3

18% would recommend to a friend

(27 total reviews)

Paddy Srinivasan

11% approve of CEO

4% positive business outlook

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Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated DigitalOcean with 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 27 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an average working experience there. DigitalOcean is rated 40% below average by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

27 reviews

4.0

Sep 27, 2023

Cloudways - 3 Months Experience

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people Great culture and very inclusive atmosphere Truly Values-driven (until recently) Good benefits

Cons

Work life balance is effective

2.0

Feb 16, 2023

No trust anymore

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is good, fully remote, still a lot of talented engineers left. If you're on a good team, day-to-day work is very enjoyable.

Cons

With constant change of priorities and reorgs there's never time to focus on long-term projects. Instead of performance-based terminations, there are periodic layoffs with people chosen at random. Lots of hard-working engineers with glowing performance reviews gone. ICs are blamed for management mistakes. When tech debt creeped in and customers started leaving due to platform instabilities, the executives didn't even acknowledge that prioritizing fast feature shipment led to this situation, they just blamed individual engineers for not being cautious enough when deploying changes.

5.0

Sep 30, 2022

Great

Sr. software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Love the company and its values.

Cons

No cons that I can think of.

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