Datadog

Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

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Boston, MA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
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Base Salary

$192k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build fault-tolerant and horizontally scalable distributed systems for multi-tenant environments.
  • Design, implement, and operate foundational platforms in production.
  • Develop data pipelines that ingest, store, analyze, and query billions of events per second in real time.
  • Write software in Go, Java, Rust, C++, and other languages as appropriate.
  • Use Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and other open-source components.
  • Own meaningful parts of services and address durability, availability, latency, performance, and operability challenges.
  • Use AI coding tools and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output.

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of professional experience.
  • A BS, MS, or PhD in a scientific field, or equivalent experience.
  • Significant backend programming experience in one or more of Go, Java, Rust, or C++.
  • Experience working on high-durability and low-latency problems.
  • Ability to work at a low level when needed.
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and evaluate their output.
  • Eligibility for any required US government authorizations may be required for some roles due to export control regulations.

Benefits

  • Hybrid workplace with office collaboration.
  • New hire stock equity through RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan.
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
  • Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program.
  • Inclusive company culture, Community Guilds, and access to Inclusion Talks.
  • Global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
  • Healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and discounted employee stock purchase plan; offerings vary by country and employment type.

Tech Stack

Apache CassandraApache KafkaC++ElasticsearchGoJavaRedisRust

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About Datadog

1,001-5,000 employees

Datadog is the essential monitoring platform for cloud applications. We bring together data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services to make your stack entirely observable. These capabilities help DevOps teams avoid downtime, resolve performance issues, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.

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