💼 About This Role

You'll solve scaling bottlenecks and deploy features on a platform handling trillions of data points daily for Datadog, the leading observability and security platform. You'll design high-scale architectures and collaborate with your team to prioritize impactful projects.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Solve a scaling bottleneck in a critical service
• Deploy a new feature to production with feature flags
• Investigate and fix production issues from your team's service
• Design ways to scale services for more traffic

📋 Requirements

• Significant experience in one or more programming languages
• Ability to design architecture for high-scale problems
• Demonstrated use of AI coding tools in daily workflows
• BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience

✨ Nice to Have

• Motivation to push boundaries of AI in software engineering
• Experience contributing to AI-enabled products

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 📈 New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• 📚 Continuous professional development and product training
• 🤝 Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program
• 🌍 Inclusive company culture and Community Guilds
• 🧠 Free global mental health benefits for employees and dependents

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Recruiter Screen· 30 min
2. 2Technical Interview· 60 min
3. 3System Design Interview· 60 min
4. 4Hiring Manager Interview· 45 min