# Staff Engineer, Compute

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** Dublin, Ireland, Madrid, Spain, Paris, France, Lisbon, Portugal
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Go, AWS, GCP, Azure, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Capacity Management, Workload Scheduling, Infrastructure Automation
**Posted:** 2026-08-18

> Leads the technical direction of multi-cloud Kubernetes capacity management and workload placement across Datadog’s large-scale infrastructure. The role requires strong systems programming experience, ideally in Go, cloud infrastructure expertise, and the ability to influence architecture across teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Lead the technical direction of capacity management and workload placement for Datadog's Kubernetes platform spanning 100,000+ virtual machines across multiple cloud providers.
- Design and build systems that optimize how engineering workloads are scheduled and deployed across regions while balancing capacity constraints, reliability, and performance.
- Partner across infrastructure teams to evolve multi-region and multi-cloud capacity orchestration as Datadog continues to scale.
- Develop production software in Go to improve Kubernetes platform capabilities, automation, and operational efficiency.
- Use data and capacity signals to influence infrastructure decisions, forecast growth, and improve workload placement strategies.

## Requirements

- Significant experience designing and operating large-scale Kubernetes-based infrastructure or platform systems.
- Strong programming skills, ideally in Go or a comparable systems programming language.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider: AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
- Understanding of distributed cloud infrastructure.
- Strong systems mindset and interest in complex infrastructure, scheduling, or capacity management challenges.
- Comfort working with operational data, capacity forecasting, or analytical approaches that inform engineering decisions.
- Proven track record of providing technical leadership across teams and influencing architecture without direct management authority.

## Benefits

- Competitive benefits package.
- New-hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan.
- Continuous career development and pathing opportunities.
- Employee-focused onboarding.
- Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program.
- Friendly and inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits may vary based on the country of employment and the nature of employment.

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