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Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) at DigitalOcean in Denver, CO
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Job Description
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
🌊 Join DigitalOcean’s Summer 2026 Engineering Internship Program 🌊
At DigitalOcean, we’re building the agentic cloud 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.
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!
*Please note, our intern program will be held remotely this summer with a start date of June 8, 2026 through August 14, 2026 and interns are required to be available for the duration.
*While you will work remotely, you must be located in or willing to relocate to one of these 5 markets: Austin, Boston, Denver, San Francisco Bay or Seattle.
🌟 Why Intern at DigitalOcean?
- Work on the Future – Contribute to cutting-edge cloud and AI/ML technologies.
- 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?
🔹 Students currently enrolled in an accredited Computer Science, Engineering Bachelor’s program (graduating in 2027 or 2028)
🔹 Passionate about cloud computing, AI/ML, and open-source
🔹 Strong problem-solving mindset with a drive to innovate
What You’ll Do:
- Designing, developing, and shipping 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: Kubernetes, 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
Compensation Range:
- $54.00/hr
*This is a remote role
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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 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.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. 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.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.