Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems
Designs, implements, and operates fault-tolerant distributed systems platforms handling billions of events per second using Go, Java, Rust, or C++. Requires 6+ years backend experience, exposure to high durability/low latency challenges, and AI tool proficiency.
About the job
What You’ll Do
- Build fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable solutions running in multi-tenant environments
- Write in Go, Java, Rust or C++, amongst other languages
- Use Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch and other open-source components
- Own meaningful parts of our service, have an impact, grow with the company
Who You Are
- 6+ years of experience
- You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
- You have significant backend programming experience in one or more languages (Go, Java, Rust, C++)
- You have been exposed to working on problems (high durability / low latency /…)
- You can get down to the low-level when needed
- You care about simple designs and performance
- You want to work in a fast, high-growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customers
- You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output
Bonus: you’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products.
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 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
The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $130,000—$300,000 USD
Skills
Go, Java, Rust, C++, Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Distributed Systems, Ai Coding Tools
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