Staff Software Engineer - APM Troubleshooting Experience

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
• 4+ years of technical leadership experience, including both effective communication of complex concepts and experience coordinating across teams to ship critical products
• Deep backend programming expertise — you’ve architected, built, and operated complex systems at scale.
• Customer-first mindset and a strong drive to build products that meet real needs.
• You care deeply about product quality and have clear, thoughtful opinions on how things should work.
• You value simplicity and clean design in systems, interfaces, and user experiences.
• You have a track record of taking full ownership of ambiguous and complex problems and turning them into solutions that deliver real value.
• Experience with browser or mobile applications is a plus.

What you'll be doing

• Design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects to make APM the best performance insights product on the market.
• Provide technical leadership across organizational boundaries to ensure maximum delivery efficiency.
• Lead and guide other engineers through product and architectural platform decisions.
• Provide input on prioritizing engineering-led planning and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with internal product teams to design solutions that meet our customer needs.

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