Staff SWE: Logs & Observability Pipelines

Datadog; New York (NY); On-site; USD 234,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Continuous career development

Inclusive workplace culture

Fitness reimbursements

Job summary

Datadog seeks a Staff Software Engineer in New York, NY to enhance their BYOC Logs offering. You will lead the architecture and delivery of systems that process high-volume observability data. This role requires experience in software for customer-deployed environments, strong distributed systems knowledge, and proficiency in languages like Go or Rust. The position includes competitive benefits, equitable compensation, and a focus on career development in an inclusive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software for customer-controlled deployments.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems.
• Proficient in systems-level programming (Go, Rust, or C++).
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure.
• Comfortable troubleshooting infrastructure and networking issues.

Responsibilities

• Make deployments feel like a managed product.
• Build and scale high-throughput systems for log processing.
• Lead cross-team initiatives for complex projects.
• Design reliable software for customer-operated clouds.
• Improve system performance and cost efficiency.
• Contribute hands-on to critical code paths.

Skills

Distributed systems

Performance optimization

High-throughput data processing

Systems-level programming (Go, Rust, C++)

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes)

Job description

Datadog seeks a Staff Software Engineer in New York, NY to enhance their BYOC Logs offering. You will lead the architecture and delivery of systems that process high-volume observability data. This role requires experience in software for customer-deployed environments, strong distributed systems knowledge, and proficiency in languages like Go or Rust. The position includes competitive benefits, equitable compensation, and a focus on career development in an inclusive workplace culture.