Senior Software Engineer Language Tools

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Go & Python tools team is part of the Language Foundations organization. Our team works on building tooling and automation in support of the Go developer experience at Datadog.

As a software engineer on the Go & Python tools team you will be responsible for shaping the way Python is used across Datadog by advancing our tools promoting best practices and solving complex development challenges.

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 work-life harmony that best fits them.

What Youll Do:

Evolve and advocate for Python language best practices across engineering teams.
Keep Datadogs Python ecosystem modern and efficient by researching and adopting relevant new language features tools and libraries.
Triage and resolve complex tooling or performance issues.
Build internal tools and automation to enhance Python developer productivity and confidence in making code changes.
Collaborate with stakeholders to identify developer pain points and deliver targeted improvements to the Python development workflow.

Who You Are:

You practice simplicity as a means to produce stable and maintainable software.
Experienced in evolving and maintaining large-scale Python codebases and deeply understand software lifecycle challenges.
A strong communicator and mentor who amplifies the impact of other engineers by sharing knowledge and improving tooling.
A strategic thinker who can anticipate and manage the broader impact of technical decisions across a large engineering organization.
You believe in using your own tools to better understand and improve them.
BS/MS/PhD degree in a Computer Science Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. Thats okay. If youre passionate about technology and want to grow your experience we encourage you to apply.

Benefits & 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
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.

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 #DatadogLife on Instagram LinkedIn and Datadog Learning Center.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

The Go & Python tools team is part of the Language Foundations organization. Our team works on building tooling and automation in support of the Go developer experience at Datadog.As a software engineer on the Go & Python tools team you will be responsible for shaping the way Python is used across D...