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      Awesome remote culture and people - Senior Software Engineer DigitalOcean Employee Review

      5.0
      2 Nov 2018
      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      * Amazing remote culture and laser-sharp focus on making that work * Highly-skilled group of people who take their jobs seriously * Really interesting at-scale problems to solve across the entire tech stack * Current management is very open and honest about the challenges, no visible "head in sand" moments so far * I like a company that knows at which inflection points in growth changes in management are required. From what I can see, DO has no problem making those calls

      Cons

      * Rapid growth (both in head count and in product offering) have created a degree of instability and disorganization, particularly at the process level * The tech stack is very much in flux at the moment, with layers of legacy, experimentation, and modern sitting atop (and within) one-another; it's chaotic * I struggle to think of anything else worthwhile that would warrant memorializing in perpetuity. So far it's been a pretty great place to work

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      DigitalOcean Response
      7y
      Thanks for this. Great candid, insightful, and actionable feedback. I'm glad you appreciate our intentional focus on culture, and that the transparency we are showing on how to address challenges with eyes wide open is recognized. Keep sharing your ideas!

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      5.0
      30 Mar 2026
      Senior performance engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Solid engineering team, seems to have found a niche and is working it hard.

      Cons

      Smaller company, so low in the prestige

      2.0
      18 May 2026
      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - lots of ownership - decent middle management - great teammates - learning a lot - older employees do tend to have competitive RSU grants and salaries

      Cons

      - tons of legacy systems (10+ years version of Ruby on Rails... 10+ years since some products or services were updated, 0 associated automation to help) - last 2y of leadership has brought on tons of reorgs & changes. Example - recommended PTO days quietly went down, got rid of lots of free snacks, anniversary gifts went down $100s of dollars, plenty of silent layoffs - Senior leadership is focused on 1 thing - getting the stock price up. Has no interest in supporting some of our legacy systems that can prop up new products. - new hires are not fitting into our culture. Inflated titles. Empire building. Awarded for submitting buggy AI Slop code. Encourage working on the weekends. Starting to get toxic.

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