Senior Software Engineer - Internal Observability
Senior Software Engineer - Internal Observability
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The Internal Observability SRE Team is part of the Observability SRE organization. Observability is a group in the SRE organization focused on managing Datadogs internal observability tooling and practices which includes using a variety of Datadog products. The group is focused on observabilitys adoption and efficiency throughout Datadogs organization as it is a key aspect of an effective SRE approach for engineers to build and operate systems more effectively.
The Internal Observability SRE team specifically works on telemetry data (such as metrics logs) collection processing and usage. We integrate telemetry libraries into applications define configuration for largescale telemetry processing pipelines and focus on efficiency. Datadog has specific internal requirements (replication crossregion resiliency) and we ensure Datadog can use Datadog reliably (even when Datadog has an incident). This work is done in partnership with the product teams behind these core Datadog products and leads to product improvements for both Datadog itself and our customers.
The tools that we use daily are: Datadog Bazel Temporal Terraform Kubernetes. We work on Datadogs main code repositories: Go Python Java.
At Datadog we place value in our office culture the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a worklife harmony that best fits them.
What Youll Do:
- Solve Datadog specific observability instrumentation or telemetry collection problems by designing and implementing internal tooling or contributing to our products.
- Work in partnership with our product teams to leverage new features and influence direction.
- Establish new golden paths for observability and build adoption for them across Engineering at Datadog (for eg. Telemetry ownership Tracing MultiRegional Datadog Replication).
- Gather requirements for operational usecases with the relevant stakeholders (oncall/incident response security investigations and incidents compliance and work on implementing relevant supporting telemetry and configuration. Our shared goal is a stronger resiliency and security posture.
Who You Are:
- You have 7 years experience in software engineering.
- You have the ability to explore and analyze problems to propose efficient and easy to adopt solutions.
- You have handson experience with Observability concepts & technologies specifically working on collecting telemetry data and operating an observability platform or tool at scale for other engineers.
- You have strong communication skills and experience working in crossteam program/projects.
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. Thats okay. If youre passionate about technology and want to grow your skills we encourage you to apply.
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 inhouse 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
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Intern
