Staff Software Engineer - Datadog for Developers

About Datadog

Were on a mission to build the best observability platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems applications and teams. We operate at high scaletrillions of data points per dayproviding always-on alerting metrics visualization logs and application tracing for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture values pragmatism honesty and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way.

The Opportunity

Datadog is looking for a Staff Engineer to join the Datadog for Developers team. This role is a unique opportunity to lead from the front: shaping how developers build test deploy and debug software across our entire platform. Youll focus on delivering powerful AI-enhanced tools and experiences that meet developers where they arein their IDE CI/CD pipeline source control or the Datadog web UI.

You will help build and scale systems that offer full visibility into the software delivery lifecycle and youll work directly with product teams to integrate Datadog into daily engineering workflows. Whether its in a GitHub pull request a terminal or an interactive dashboard your work will help developers ship high-quality software faster.

A major aspect of the role involves leveraging AI to automate fixes and guide debugging across the development lifecycle. Youll develop systems that detect and resolve issues like runtime errors performance regressions flaky tests and code vulnerabilitieswhether they surface in CI or production. These systems will empower engineers to move quickly while maintaining confidence in the code they ship.

As a Staff Engineer in this space youll play a pivotal role in pushing the boundaries of developer experience for Datadog customers driving innovation that directly impacts thousands of engineers every day.

What Youll Do

• Contribute to the development of AI-powered tools that generate fixes for CI failures runtime errors performance regressions and other common issues.
• Rapidly prototype and validate solutions to ambiguous and complex engineering problems and work with other engineers to bring those solutions to production.
• Influence the roadmap for the group by advocating for novel product and platform ideas that differentiate Datadog and deliver high value to customers.
• Collaborate with product managers designers and engineers to deliver tools that are powerful fast and intuitive.
• Mentor engineers across teams offering technical guidance and shaping architectural decisions.

Who You Are

• A BS MS or PhD in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience designing and operating complex high-scale systems.
• 4 years in a technical leadership role driving large cross-team initiatives.
• Deep expertise in software delivery pipelines CI/CD systems and developer experience.
• You have relevant experience with Large Language Models large-scale systems and data sets machine learning or adjacent fields
• You have experience writing developer tools (such as IDEs static code analysis tools or compilers)

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:

• Get to build tools for software engineers just like yourself. And use the tools we build to accelerate our development.
• Have a lot of influence on product direction and impact on the business .
• Work with skilled knowledgeable and kind teammates who are happy to teach and learn
• Competitive global benefits
• Continuous professional development

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

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