Requirements:

• You have 6+ years of experience
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
• You are proficient in Go
• You are comfortable building and operating production services end to end: You will independently own features and components, work through ambiguous technical problems, and be responsible for the reliability, observability, and operational quality of what you ship
• You have experience with large scale distributed systems
• You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output

Nice to haves:

• Bonus Point: You have experience with Kubernetes, workflow orchestration systems, or building AI agents

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead a greenfield initiative from inception to scale, shaping foundational product architecture, engaging directly with users to refine early concepts
• Build mission-critical solutions that customers depend on daily
• Build fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable solutions running in multi-tenant environments

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