Senior Manager Datacenter Engineering

📋 Description

• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary team covering electrical, mechanical, controls/automation, and
• Develop and own engineering standards and specifications for AI/GPU data centers, including liquid
• Serve as the technical authority and final engineering escalation point for infrastructure issues
• Provide engineering due diligence on new colocation and build-to-suit facilities before signing —
• Own vendor and OEM infrastructure engineering relationships (e.g., CDU, UPS, generator, and
• Lead or sponsor root-cause analysis for infrastructure-driven incidents, and own the resulting

🎯 Requirements

• BS in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, or related Engineering discipline, or equivalent practical
• 10+ years in mission-critical engineering, including direct experience with data center
• 5+ years leading engineering teams, including hiring, developing, and retaining senior technical
• 5+ years experience managing outsourced engineering teams.
• Deep hands-on experience with liquid cooling systems (chillers, heat exchangers, pumps, CDUs
• Experience running or directly supporting root-cause analysis with OEMs on infrastructure component

🎁 Benefits

• In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in DigitalOcean’s annual bonus
• Comprehensive total rewards packages: flexible time off, local team meetups, and mental health and
• Equity compensation, including new hire equity grant and potential participation in Employee Stock
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education, subject to company policy.
• Career development resources and support.
• Equal opportunity employer.