Software Engineer, Intern

Join DigitalOcean’s Summer 2025 Engineering Internship Program

At DigitalOcean, we’re building the future of cloud computing and democratizing AI/ML for developers, startups, and businesses worldwide. Our mission is to simplify cloud computing and AI to allow builders to spend more time creating software that changes the world.We are determined to make powerful, scalable, and accessible cloud solutions available to everyone—fueling the next generation of AI/ML innovation. More than 600,000 customers trust DigitalOcean to deliver the cloud, AI, and ML infrastructure they need to build and scale their organizations.

In January, 2025, we introduced our GenAI Platform, designed to simplify the creation, deployment, and integration of AI agents, allowing customers to build AI-powered applications without requiring extensive expertise in AI or machine learning.

If you aspire to innovate, build and contribute to cutting-edge projects, collaborate with a passionate community, and help shape the future of cloud computing and AI, come join us this summer! We’re looking for passionate, curious, and driven engineering interns to be part of our journey!

Why Intern at DigitalOcean?

• Work on the Future – Contribute to cutting-edge cloud and AI/ML technologies. Check out a recent keynote presentation from our CTPO Bratin Saha & team at Deploy.

• Learn from the Best – Get mentorship from top engineers in cloud computing, DevOps, and AI.

• Real-World Impact – Build tools that empower millions of developers globally.

• Flexible Work Environment – Collaborate seamlessly from where you are located, while driving a global mission.

• Competitive Pay & Perks – Industry-leading compensation, networking events, and growth opportunities.

Why You’ll Like Being An Intern At DigitalOcean:

At DigitalOcean, you’ll work alongside some of the smartest and most innovative minds in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that thrives on collaboration, growth, and continuous learning. While we work hard, we believe in having fun along the way, fostering an environment where people genuinely care about each other and value personal and professional development.

We embrace a growth mindset in everything we do, investing deeply in our people to ensure they learn, evolve, and thrive. To be an intern here, you’ll need to be exceptional—and we promise you’ll leave even better.

DigitalOcean is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.

Who Should Apply?

• 3rd and 4th year students in Computer Science, Engineering (graduating in 2025 or 2026)

• Passionate about cloud computing, AI/ML, and open-source

• Strong problem-solving mindset with a drive to innovate

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Design, develop, and ship production level code  

• Drafting engineering design documents

• Designing backend REST/gRPC services, primarily in Go

• Collaborating with teams across DigitalOcean engineering to find improvements to our internal systems and clarify dependencies

Example Types of Projects:

• Database Projects: These projects focus on enhancing database services, including automation of routine tasks, improving user interfaces for configuration, and enabling better monitoring capabilities.

• Infrastructure Projects: Projects involving building and managing infrastructure components, such as a public Docker registry to improve service reliability and protect from outages.

• User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Projects: These projects center on improving the user experience of various platforms, including designing future concepts, exploring the use of AI copilots, and modernizing UI component libraries.

• Deployment and Automation Projects: Projects focused on streamlining deployments across the organization, building deployment dashboards, and automating processes to improve efficiency across cloud infrastructure.

• Platform Enhancement Projects: Projects aimed at improving platform functionality, such as creating application templates and enhancing real-time processing capabilities.

• Data Engineering Projects: Projects involving data management and synchronization, such as ensuring data consistency between different systems.

Technologies we use:

• Programming: JavaScript, Golang, Python, Java, TypeScript, Ruby

• APIs: GRPC and/or REST

• Database knowledge: MySQL

• UI/UX design with  Figma

• Cloud infrastructure understanding: Kuberentes, Prometheus 

• Data processing technologies: Kafka, Flink, Apache Beam, etc.

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• Passion for learning and shipping well-engineered applications

• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills

• Some familiarity in building REST or gRPC APIs

• Experience or interest in learning Golang to build APIs (gRPC)

• Familiarity with building and deploying applications using Docker and Kubernetes

• Familiarity in working with relational databases (MySQL)

• Genuine interest in DigitalOcean as a company and excitement to use our products in your projects

Please note, our intern program will be held remotely this summer with a start date of June 16, 2025 through August 8, 2025 at $45/h based on market data relevant years of experience, and skills.

Our interns must be located in one of these 5 markets: Austin, Boston, Denver, San Francisco Bay or Seattle.

This is a remote role