Senior Software Engineer — Scale High-Impact Systems with AI

Datadog; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Employee stock purchase plan

Global mental health benefits

Generous global benefits

Job summary

Datadog is seeking experienced engineers to solve scaling bottlenecks, deploy features, and ensure production quality. Applicants should have significant programming experience and a strong background in scientific fields.

The ideal candidate will value simplicity and performance in code, and be comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Competitive benefits and growth opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in relevant fields.
• Ability to design architecture to solve problems at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Experience in programming languages

Code simplicity and performance

Design architecture for high scale

Experience with AI coding tools

Statistical background

Significant experience with Go, C, or Python

Education

BS/MS/PhD in scientific field or equivalent experience

Tools

Experience with Redis

Experience with Cassandra

Experience with Kafka

Job description

Datadog is seeking experienced engineers to solve scaling bottlenecks, deploy features, and ensure production quality. Applicants should have significant programming experience and a strong background in scientific fields.

The ideal candidate will value simplicity and performance in code, and be comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Competitive benefits and growth opportunities are offered.