Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer in Distributed Systems at Datadog, you will design, implement, and manage foundational platforms that power applications, processing billions of events in real-time. You will work with a variety of programming languages and technologies to build scalable, fault-tolerant solutions in a collaborative hybrid work environment.

What You’ll Do

• Build fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable solutions running in multi-tenant environments
• Write in Go, Java, Rust or C++, amongst other languages
• Use Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch and other open-source components
• Own meaningful parts of our service, have an impact, grow with the company

Who You Are

• 6+ years of experience
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
• You have significant backend programming experience in one or more languages (Go, Java, Rust, C++)
• You have been exposed to working on problems (high durability / low latency /…)
• You can get down to the low-level when needed
• You care about simple designs and performance
• You want to work in a fast, high-growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customers
• You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output.

Bonus Points

You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products.

Benefits and Growth

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.