Senior Graph Engine Architect for Scalable Data Platform

Datadog; Schweiz; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Datadog seeks a Senior Software Engineer to advance REDAPL, its Referential Data Platform, a core system used to track infrastructure relationships and provide insights into performance, cost, security, and more. You will join a team that handles millions of updates per second and contributes to multiple products that depend on REDAPL.

You have extensive backend and distributed systems experience, with a track record of leading architectural initiatives, reducing risks, and delivering scalable,

Qualifications

• Extensive backend engineering experience with distributed systems.
• Experience with multiple data stores and scalable architectures.
• Leadership in platform or infrastructure initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Build a query engine for complex relationship traversals across large data graphs.
• Drive high-priority platform projects to improve resilience and scalability.
• Lead engineers through architectural decisions and best practices.
• Identify system risks and design robust reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with product teams to align with growth plans.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Data stores

Performance optimization

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Graph Databases

Iceberg

Open-source contributions

Job description

Datadog seeks a Senior Software Engineer to advance REDAPL, its Referential Data Platform, a core system used to track infrastructure relationships and provide insights into performance, cost, security, and more. You will join a team that handles millions of updates per second and contributes to multiple products that depend on REDAPL.

You have extensive backend and distributed systems experience, with a track record of leading architectural initiatives, reducing risks, and delivering scalable,