Datadog

Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

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2 months ago
Paris, France +7 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Build fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable distributed systems for multi-tenant production environments.
  • Design and operate platforms that ingest, store, analyze, and query billions of real-time events per second.
  • Write backend software in Go, Java, Rust, C++, and other languages.
  • Use Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and other open-source components.
  • Own meaningful portions of services and contribute to their reliability, performance, and operability.
  • Use AI coding tools in daily workflows and validate, critique, and refine generated output.

Requirements

  • Significant backend programming experience in one or more of Go, Java, Rust, or C++.
  • BS, MS, or PhD in a scientific field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with problems involving high durability, low latency, and related distributed-systems constraints.
  • Ability to work at a low level when needed and care about simple, high-performance designs.
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools and evaluate their output.
  • Interest in improving software engineering practices and potentially contributing to AI-enabled products is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Hybrid workplace with an office culture focused on collaboration and work-life harmony.
  • New-hire stock equity through RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan.
  • Professional development, product training, career pathing, mentoring, and buddy programs.
  • Inclusive culture, Community Guilds, and Inclusion Talks.
  • Global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age six and older.
  • Competitive benefits that may vary by country and employment type.

Tech Stack

Apache CassandraApache KafkaC++ElasticsearchGoJavaRedisRust

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About Datadog

10,000+ employees

Datadog builds a SaaS observability and security platform that monitors infrastructure, applications, logs, and services for engineering and DevOps teams. Its products include infrastructure monitoring, APM, log management, real user monitoring, and cloud security, sold via subscriptions and used across cloud-native and hybrid environments. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York City, Datadog is a public company trading on NASDAQ under the ticker DDOG.

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