Senior Software Engineer II - Audit & Logging

About this job

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to join the Audit Logging & Security Visibility team in Bengaluru. This team builds the crucial infrastructure that records and surfaces security-related activities across the cloud platform, allowing internal teams and customers to investigate incidents, detect threats, and prove compliance across billions of daily events. In this role, you will help shape the multi-year technical vision for event pipelines, security visibility platforms, and SIEM integrations. A normal day involves designing scalable distributed systems, defining engineering and logging schema standards, guiding cross-functional architectural decisions with teams like IAM and threat detection, mentoring senior engineers, and driving technical alignment across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year platform architecture and technical strategy for audit logging, security visibility, and SIEM integrations.
• Lead system design decisions to ensure seamless integration between audit telemetry, IAM, and threat detection systems.
• Architect high-scale data models and event streaming systems capable of processing billions of events daily across multiple regions.
• Establish clear logging schema standards, event taxonomies, and high standards of operational hygiene.
• Act as a primary technical voice in cross-organizational design reviews to resolve architectural conflicts early.
• Mentor senior engineers on system design, technical communication, and security engineering practices.
• Communicate platform strategy and technical investment rationales effectively to senior leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in audit logging, security telemetry, or high-throughput data pipelines.
• Expert-level proficiency in Go and strong experience in gRPC-based service design.
• Proven ability to build and operate high-throughput streaming systems like Kafka and Flink at scale.
• Demonstrated track record of designing security visibility platforms and SIEM integrations in cloud environments.
• Solid understanding of audit and compliance requirements including SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
• Hands-on technical experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, SQL, and analytical columnar data stores.

Good to have

• Experience with OpenTelemetry, OCSF, or other security telemetry standards.
• Familiarity with threat detection platforms or UEBA systems.
• Experience supporting compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP or PCI-DSS.
• Contributions to open-source security, observability, or data pipeline projects.

Who should apply

This role is ideal for a seasoned software engineer with extensive background in distributed systems, security telemetry, and high-throughput data pipelines at cloud or enterprise scale. Candidates should possess strong leadership capabilities, expert knowledge in Go, and a proven ability to drive technical consensus across multiple organizational boundaries. Freshers are not eligible to apply for this senior-level position, as it specifically requires a minimum of 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience.

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