Senior Software Engineer

We\'re are building the best platform in the world for engineers to understand, scale, and protect their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at high scale—trillions of data points per day—providing always-on alerting, metrics visualization, logs, application tracing, and security insights for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way .At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.What You’ll Do:Solve a scaling bottleneck in a critical serviceDeploy a new feature to production, progressively rolling it out with feature flagsInvestigate and fix a production issue from a service your team ownsDesign a way to scale up a service for more trafficWith your team, plan the most important projects to work on nextWho You Are:You have significant experience in one or more languagesYou value code simplicity and performanceYou can design architecture to solve problems at high scaleYou have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experienceYou want to work in a fast, high-growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customersYou’re excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build – or eager to learn howDatadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That\'s okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.Benefits and Growth:New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathingIntradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networkingAn inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussionsFree, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.#LI-NC4Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram , LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.Equal Opportunity at Datadog:Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form . This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. #J-18808-Ljbffr