What You'll Be Doing

Build performant high scale distributed systems to handle the load of Datadog’s biggest products
Build relationships across teams and independently seek out the information needed to move work forward
Become productive in unfamiliar systems and navigate ambiguity
Anticipate technical dependencies and integration challenges early
Recognize when a solution could benefit another product and take the initiative to explore it
Connect engineering decisions to customer value, cost efficiency, and usability

Requirements

6+ years of experience
Significant backend programming experience in one or more languages (Go, Java, Rust, C++)
Distributed systems engineering experience with high performance large scale systems
Excellent communication skills (English)
High proactivity and cross-team collaboration experience
Experience using AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows, including validating, critiquing, and refining AI-generated output

Excitement about leveraging AI tools to enhance coding, problem solving, and building, or eagerness to learn how
Motivation to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products

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
Inclusive company culture with opportunities to join Community Guilds (employee resource groups)
Access to internal panel discussions called Inclusion Talks
Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
Competitive global benefits