Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems - Remote

Overview

Distributed Systems engineers at Datadog design, implement and run in production the foundational platforms powering our applications. Your data pipelines will ingest, store, analyze and query in real-time billions of events per second from companies all over the globe. The platforms are optimized for durability, high availability, low latency, internet-scale footprint and operability.

In Short

• 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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• 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