Senior Real-Time Distributed Systems Engineer

Datadog; Valbonne; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

ESPP

Career development

Mentor program

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Datadog seeks distributed systems engineers to design, implement, and run production-grade platforms handling billions of events globally. You will build fault-tolerant, scalable services in Go, Java, Rust, or C++ and work with open-source tools like Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch.

The role emphasizes ownership, performance, and collaboration in a fast-growing startup environment. Datadog values engineers who can think at both high- and low-level, love simple designs, and are excited

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience.
• Significant backend programming experience in Go, Java, Rust, or C++.
• Experience with durable, low-latency, high-availability systems.
• Ability to work at low-level when needed and design simple, performant solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable backend solutions.
• Develop in Go, Java, Rust, or C++ within multi-tenant environments.
• Leverage Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch in production pipelines.
• Own meaningful components and grow with Datadog.

Skills

Go

Java

Rust

C++

Education

BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field

Tools

Kafka

Redis

Cassandra

Elasticsearch

Job description

Datadog seeks distributed systems engineers to design, implement, and run production-grade platforms handling billions of events globally. You will build fault-tolerant, scalable services in Go, Java, Rust, or C++ and work with open-source tools like Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch.

The role emphasizes ownership, performance, and collaboration in a fast-growing startup environment. Datadog values engineers who can think at both high- and low-level, love simple designs, and are excited