Staff Engineer, Compute

Requirements:

• You have significant experience designing and operating large-scale Kubernetes-based infrastructure or platform systems.
• You are an experienced software engineer with strong programming skills, ideally in Go or a comparable systems programming language.
• You have hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) and understand distributed cloud infrastructure.
• You have a strong systems mindset and enjoy solving complex infrastructure, scheduling, or capacity management challenges.
• You are comfortable working with operational data, capacity forecasting, or analytical approaches that inform engineering decisions.
• You have a proven track record of providing technical leadership across teams and influencing architecture without relying on direct management authority.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead the technical direction of capacity management and workload placement for Datadog's Kubernetes platform spanning 100,000+ virtual machines across multiple cloud providers.
• Design and build systems that optimize how engineering workloads are scheduled and deployed across regions while balancing capacity constraints, reliability, and performance.
• Partner across infrastructure teams to evolve multi-region and multi-cloud capacity orchestration as Datadog continues to scale.
• Develop production software in Go to improve Kubernetes platform capabilities, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Use data and capacity signals to influence infrastructure decisions, forecast growth, and improve workload placement strategies.

Nice to Haves:

• N/A

Perks and Benefits:

• Generous and competitive benefits package
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Employee-focused best in class onboarding
• Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture