Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Datadog as a Staff Engineer and drive new projects within the APM team. Partner with engineering and product managers to shape the roadmap, design and lead initiatives, and strengthen engineering practices. As a technical leader, you will bring world-class technical abilities and experienced technical breadth to tackle design and architectural problems. You will also participate in the staff engineering community and help improve company-wide standards. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of relevant engineering experience and 4+ years of technical leadership experience. You will design and drive high-priority projects, provide technical leadership, guide other engineers, and collaborate with product teams. Datadog offers competitive benefits and growth opportunities.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
• 4+ years of technical leadership experience, including both effective communication of complex concepts and experience coordinating across teams to ship critical products
• Deep backend programming expertise — you’ve architected, built, and operated complex systems at scale
• Customer-first mindset and a strong drive to build products that meet real needs
• You care deeply about product quality and have clear, thoughtful opinions on how things should work
• You value simplicity and clean design in systems, interfaces, and user experiences
• You have a track record of taking full ownership of ambiguous and complex problems and turning them into solutions that deliver real value

Responsibilities

• Design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects to make APM the best performance insights product on the market
• Provide technical leadership across organizational boundaries to ensure maximum delivery efficiency
• Lead and guide other engineers through product and architectural platform decisions
• Provide input on prioritizing engineering-led planning and roadmaps
• Collaborate with internal product teams to design solutions that meet our customer needs

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with browser or mobile applications is a plus

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