Senior UI Engineer

🏢 About DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. Operating as an industry disruptor, DigitalOcean delivers compute, storage, managed databases, networking, and serverless AI infrastructure to developers and high-growth businesses globally.

🎯 The Role

As a Senior UI Engineer (IC3) in Bengaluru, you will own and drive the frontend architecture and user experiences across DigitalOcean's core cloud product portfolios. You will translate complex cloud infrastructure workflows into intuitive, resilient interfaces, author comprehensive technical RFCs, guide frontend standards, and mentor engineers across the team.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• React (advanced hooks, custom state management, performance profiling)
• TypeScript & Modern JavaScript
• REST & GraphQL API Microservice Architectures
• Modern Build Pipelines & Automated Testing (Jest, Playwright)
• Enterprise Design Systems & Operational Guidelines

💼 What You'll Do

• Lead the design, implementation, and long-term UI architecture for core product interfaces and framework migrations.
• Author technical RFCs and architecture documents for major UI capabilities and platform workflows.
• Establish frontend engineering standards, design systems, and operational monitoring across product lines.
• Deliver high-impact frontend initiatives end-to-end from scoping to production deployment with minimal supervision.
• Retrofit legacy frontend components to ensure robust testing, build performance, and uptime monitoring.
• Partner with Product Management, UX Design, and backend microservice engineers to deliver cohesive cloud console experiences.
• Mentor IC1 and IC2 engineers on component architecture, code reusability, and frontend best practices.

✅ What You'll Need

• 6+ years of professional software development experience specializing in modern frontend architecture and complex web applications.
• Advanced mastery of React, including functional component paradigms, state architecture, and browser performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience integrating with backend microservices via REST and GraphQL.
• Demonstrated experience writing technical RFCs and managing cross-team technical dependencies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a proven track record of technical leadership.

🌟 Nice to Have

• Experience in cloud management consoles, developer tooling, or infrastructure platforms.
• Background in design system governance and design token pipelines.