Senior Software Engineer — Scale, Deploy Features, AI Tools

Datadog; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Product training

Continuous career development

Mentor and buddy program

Inclusive company culture

Stock equity (RSUs)

Free global mental health benefit

Generous global benefits

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a skilled engineer in Boston, MA to tackle scaling challenges in critical services and design architectures suitable for high traffic. Ideal candidates will have significant programming experience and the ability to utilize AI tools effectively in their workflows. The role offers extensive growth opportunities in a fast-paced startup environment.

Benefits include product training, career development, stock equity, and an inclusive company culture.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in one or more programming languages.
• Ability to design architecture to solve problems at high scale.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools effectively.

Responsibilities

• Solve a scaling bottleneck in a critical service.
• Deploy new features to production using feature flags.
• Investigate and fix production issues.

Skills

Experience in programming languages

Code simplicity and performance

Designing architecture for high scale

Experience with AI coding tools

Education

BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience

Tools

Redis

Cassandra

Kafka

Go

C

Python

Job description

Datadog is seeking a skilled engineer in Boston, MA to tackle scaling challenges in critical services and design architectures suitable for high traffic. Ideal candidates will have significant programming experience and the ability to utilize AI tools effectively in their workflows. The role offers extensive growth opportunities in a fast-paced startup environment.

Benefits include product training, career development, stock equity, and an inclusive company culture.