Staff Software Engineer, Compute Cloud

Summary

Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. We are looking for a Staff Engineer to help us design, build, and ship our next generation of cloud provider management.

Requirements

• You have led cross-team initiatives in a platform or infrastructure-focused environment for several years
• You have led impactful technical initiatives in an environment where performance, cost efficiency, ease of use, and resilience/operability are first-order concerns
• You have significant back-end programming experience and have architected, built, and operated distributed systems to solve problems at a high scale
• You enjoy mentoring and coaching other engineers to become even stronger
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects to increase the platform's value, resilience, and scalability across multiple teams
• Provide technical leadership across one or several areas of the platform
• Lead and guide other engineers through architectural platform decisions
• Identify potential system risks and trends in reliability and design solutions to address them
• Provide input on prioritizing engineering-led initiatives in short- and long-term planning and roadmaps
• Collaborate with internal product teams to understand their requirements and how we can help them continue to rapidly ship new products and features while maintaining a high bar for security, reliability, and scalability

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)