Sr Liquid Cooling Engineer

Reporting to the Director of Datacenter Engineering, you will lead design, deployment, and monitoring of next-generation cooling infrastructure in high-density datacenter environments. The ideal candidate will be eager to face new challenges as DigitalOcean continues to scale its data center footprint and explore new technologies to bring to our customers. 

What You'll Do:

•  Act as primary SME for all cooling-related engineering topics at DigitalOcean
• Act as secondary SME for all power-related engineering topics at DigitalOcean
• Evangelize cooling technologies throughout the Infra organization and company
• Develop and maintain standards and practices for DigitalOcean datacenter facilities
• Inform facility design requirements with best practices for both air and liquid cooling 
• Liase with colocation facility engineering teams regarding mechanical system designs
• Liase with vendor hardware engineering teams regarding hardware solution designs
• Lead selection of liquid cooling systems during the hardware design, ensuring designs not only meet our current needs but can scale with us
• Develop cooling monitoring tooling and systems to aggregate thermal monitoring information and provide alerting capabilities
• Coordinate with operations on monitoring thresholds, failure modes and alerting
• Assist in troubleshooting cause of failures and work to prevent them in the future
• Work closely with Infra teams such as DC Operations and Machine Design to ensure facility readiness for next-generation solutions  

What You'll Add to DigitalOcean:

• Technical Degree (BS Computer Science/Engineering) or equivalent practical experience
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating liquid cooling infrastructure at scale (including experience with facility cooling loops and designs,
• Facility and In-Suite CDUs, Direct Liquid Cooling, rear-door heat exchangers, etc.) 
• An in-depth understanding of facility cooling technologies (free-air/adiabatic, closed loop air, cold aisle/hot aisle containment strategies, direct liquid cooling, immersion cooling, etc.)
• Strong understanding of thermal management principles in mission critical environments and knowledge of best practices around thermal monitoring and alerting
• Clear communication and collaboration across key stakeholders An insatiable passion for constant improvement.
  
  

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions. 
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is between $140,00 - $192,500 based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program. 
• We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

*This is a remote role

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Client-provided location(s): San Francisco, CA, Flexible / Remote

Job ID: 7294130

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-10-14T23:30:17