Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Datadog's Infrastructure Monitoring team as a Staff Engineer with extensive GPU experience. You will develop a company-wide approach to GPU observability, collaborate with cross-functional teams on GPU-centric product offerings, and lead architectural decisions for observability products. This role involves solving complex problems related to GPU runtime issues and optimization, requiring significant cross-team collaboration. You will contribute to product planning and roadmap development, directly impacting Datadog's GPU market penetration. The position requires deep GPU development and operational experience, along with strong back-end programming skills and experience with distributed systems. Datadog offers a competitive salary and a wide range of employee benefits.

Requirements

• Have several years of experience leading cross-team initiatives in a platform or infrastructure-focused environment
• Have a deep understanding of, have developed for, and operated GPUs in production environments
• Be deeply familiar with at least one of the following areas - Data Science, Graphics Programming, Large Language Models
• Have significant back-end programming experience and have architected, built, and operated distributed systems to solve problems at high scale
• Possess a deep understanding of the day-to-day responsibilities of an engineer and have a strong technical background
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and are comfortable presenting and defending your ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Develop a company-wide approach to GPU Observability across the 3 Pillars - Metrics, Logs, and Traces
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop GPU-centric product offerings
• Drive high-priority, high-visibility products that expand Datadog’s penetration into the GPU market
• Lead architectural decisions for new and existing GPU-based observability products
• Identify opportunities for Datadog product enhancements to provide coverage for GPUs
• Contribute to short- and long-term planning and roadmap development

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Variable compensation
• Healthcare
• Dental
• Parental planning
• Mental health benefits
• A 401(k) plan and match
• Paid time off
• Fitness reimbursements
• A discounted employee stock purchase plan