Staff Software Engineer - Logs Observability Pipelines

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

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 it asks for · 6

• You have significant experience building software that is installed, deployed, and operated in customer environments rather than only as a fully managed SaaS service.
• You have strong expertise in distributed systems, including scalability, performance optimization, and high-throughput data processing
• You are proficient in systems-level programming (e.g., Go, Rust, or C++) and understand how software runs across diverse environments (e.g., Linux systems)
• You have experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and are comfortable troubleshooting infrastructure and networking issues
• You are experienced with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes in production environments
• You have a track record of leading large, cross-functional engineering efforts and influencing technical direction across teams

What the job covers

• Make customer-controlled deployments feel like a managed Datadog product: deployment, upgrades, configuration, observability, diagnostics, reliability, and secure operation across diverse customer cloud environments
• Build and scale high-throughput systems for log processing, routing, and transformation across distributed environments
• Lead cross-team initiatives, aligning engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver complex, multi-team projects
• Design and implement software that runs reliably that customers deploy and operate within their own cloud infrastructure.
• Improve system performance, scalability, and cost efficiency through thoughtful trade-off analysis and capacity planning
• Contribute hands-on to critical code paths, debugging, and deployment challenges in customer environments

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

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• cloud4×
• infrastructure4×
• product4×
• deployment3×
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• engineers3×
• log3×
• observability3×
• operate3×
• technical3×
• bring2×
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