What is the salary for Mechanical Engineering Manager, Data Center at DigitalOcean?

The estimated salary range for Mechanical Engineering Manager, Data Center at DigitalOcean is $132,000 - $164,000 USD per year.

Is Mechanical Engineering Manager, Data Center at DigitalOcean fully remote?

Yes, Mechanical Engineering Manager, Data Center at DigitalOcean is a remote position. Candidates in Kansas City, MO may be preferred.

What is the seniority level for Mechanical Engineering Manager, Data Center at DigitalOcean?

This Mechanical Engineering Manager, Data Center role at DigitalOcean is a Manager-level position.

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Mechanical Manager, Data Center Engineering

Location: Kansas City

Department: IaaS & Data Centers

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.

We want people who are passionate about optimizing and troubleshooting data center hardware at mega-scale so our customers don’t have to worry!

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 Be Doing:

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
Lead, hire, train, mentor and develop a high-performing team, driving accountability, performance, and career growth
Inform facility design requirements with best practices for both air and liquid cooling
Liaise with colocation facility engineering teams regarding mechanical system designs
Liaise 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 We’ll Expect From You:

Technical Degree (BS Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering) or equivalent practical experience
Hands-on experience deploying and operating cooling infrastructure at scale (including experience with facility cooling loops and designs, pumps, chiller systems, heat exchangers, CDUs(Cooling Distribution Units), Direct Liquid Cooling, rear-door heat exchangers, etc.)
Experience with leading, mentoring and developing staff
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

Compensation Range:

$132,000 - $164,000

*This is a onsite role

JR: 2026-7651

## LI-Onsite

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 Learnings 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.

Mechanical Engineering Manager, Data Center

Mechanical Manager, Data Center Engineering

We want people who are passionate about optimizing and troubleshooting data center hardware at mega-scale so our customers don’t have to worry!

What You’ll Be Doing:

What We’ll Expect From You:

Compensation Range:

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

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