Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Datadog; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Continuous professional development

Inclusive company culture

Free mental health benefits

Job summary

A technology company in Boston is seeking an experienced Backend Developer to build scalable solutions. The role requires significant programming experience in Go, Java, Rust, or C++ with a focus on low-latency applications. The company offers new hire stock equity, professional development programs, and global mental health benefits. The salary range for this role is estimated at $130,000—$300,000 USD annually.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in backend development.
• Significant experience with low-level programming.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Build fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable solutions.
• Write code in programming languages such as Go and Java.
• Own significant parts of the service and contribute to growth.

Skills

Backend programming

Experience with Go

Experience with Java

Experience with Rust

Experience with C++

Education

BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field

Tools

Kafka

Redis

Cassandra

Elasticsearch

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Build fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable solutions running in multi‑tenant environments.
• Write in Go, Java, Rust or C++, amongst other languages.
• Use Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch and other open‑source components.
• Own meaningful parts of our service, have an impact, grow with the company.

Who You Are

• 6+ years of experience.
• Have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience.
• Significant backend programming experience in one or more languages (Go, Java, Rust, C++).
• Been exposed to working on problems requiring high durability / low latency.
• Can get down to the low‑level when needed.
• Care about simple designs and performance.
• Want to work in a fast, high‑growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customers.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day‑to‑day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI‑generated output.
• Bonus: motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI‑enabled products.

This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

Benefits and Growth

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in‑house networking.
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (employee resource groups).
• Access to Inclusion Talks and internal panel discussions.
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
• Competitive global benefits.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $130,000—$300,000 USD.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.