Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Scalability

About Datadog

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people‑first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and the Datadog Learning Center.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build reliable backend services that handle high‑throughput, globally distributed workloads
• Own core components that power products relied on by thousands of engineering teams worldwide
• Collaborate with other experienced engineers to evolve system architecture with a focus on scalability and resilience
• Learn and apply distributed systems design patterns in a production setting
• Ship production‑grade code in languages like Go, Python, or Java
• Contribute to team culture through code reviews, architecture discussions, and mentorship of peers and junior engineers

Who You Are

• 5+ years of experience building backend software in production, using languages like Go, Python, Java, C++, or Rust
• Contributed to the design and development of backend services or APIs, and enjoy solving real‑world engineering problems
• Some exposure to distributed systems (e.g., fault tolerance, messaging, scalability) and excitement to deepen expertise
• Write clean, maintainable code and approach system design with thoughtfulness and curiosity
• Collaborative and eager to grow impact by working on high‑scale, high‑reliability systems
• Excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance coding, problem‑solving, and building – or eager to learn how
• Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day‑to‑day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI‑generated output
• Bonus: Motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI‑enabled products

Why Join

• Work with talented engineers who will support your growth in distributed systems and large‑scale software design
• Participate in impactful projects from day one with the autonomy to make technical decisions
• Grow your career with access to mentorship programs, internal mobility, and continuous development resources

Benefits and Growth

• 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 Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks and internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

Benefits and growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog

Datadog offers equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See our Candidate Legal Notices for reference.

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