Open Source Software Engineer

Summary

Join Datadog as a developer experienced with the container ecosystem to build world-class container-monitoring solutions. You will build open-source software monitoring containers and their runtimes, contribute to upstream open-source communities, design and write features solving industry problems, and significantly impact the product and user experience. This role requires at least one year of production experience with containers, significant systems programming experience, and a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent. Datadog offers a hybrid workplace and values its office culture. The company provides competitive benefits and emphasizes professional development.

Requirements

• You have been working with containers in production for at least a year
• You have significant systems programming experience in one or more languages
• You enjoy diving into new code bases, and can get down to low-level when needed
• You want to work in a fast, high growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customers
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Build open-source software that monitors containers, their runtimes and other components of the cloud-native ecosystem
• Participate and contribute to upstream open-source communities
• Do it in Go, Python, or any language that fits the particular task at hand
• Design and write features that solve new problems in the industry
• Have a significant impact on the product and the user experience of fellow engineers who use the product

Preferred Qualifications

• You have mastered one or more container orchestrators such as Kubernetes, AWS ECS, Mesos, or Nomad
• You enjoy interacting with the upstream open-source communities, and can drive technical conversations in the open

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