Senior Software Engineer - Language Tools

Requirements:

• An expert in one or more of the languages or build systems listed above.
• A well-rounded engineer. You must broadly understand the various types of software projects that are built, tested, and packaged with our tools.
• Both careful and fearless. The changes we make impact the velocity of hundreds of engineers. They are risky but necessary.
• User-focused. We help Datadog engineers to use the tools that we develop, and continuously improve their usability, so they don’t need our help the next time.

What You'll Do:

• Invent simpler, faster, more reliable, and more efficient build, test, and packaging tools.
• Treat CI like SREs treat prod, making sure our pipelines are green and fast.
• Prepare, run, and finish complex migrations.
• Promote coding best practices company-wide: linting, formatting, type checking, etc.
• Engage with the open source community as needed. For example, influence and/or contribute to the Bazel roadmap, or report issues with Go release candidates.

Perks and Benefits:

• 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