Staff Software Engineer, Security Research

Summary

Join Datadog's Security Research Organization as a Staff Software Engineer and contribute to cutting-edge research in cloud security. You will be responsible for owning the integration of research output into Datadog products and productionizing research infrastructure. This role involves designing, architecting, and leading the execution of projects, working with various stakeholders, and writing code in modern languages. You will also mentor other engineers and contribute to process design improvements. Datadog offers a hybrid workplace and values a strong office culture. The company provides competitive compensation and a wide range of benefits.

Requirements

• Have led large cross-team initiatives in an environment where security, speed, and reliability are first-order concerns
• Have deep experience working on platforms that support cybersecurity use cases, especially in threat detection, intelligence and hunting
• Be an expert in data-intensive, event-driven engineering
• Be an expert working in multi-cloud, multi-regional scale platforms
• Believe in solutions over systems: have experience making root software engineering problems simpler

Responsibilities

• Be the technical owner of critical Security Research roadmap initiatives
• Own delivery of the systems you architect from beginning-to-end, doing what it takes to get things shipped and at full scale in production
• Design and execute large multi-quarter cross-org projects with various technical stakeholders and contributors
• Write code in modern coding languages (Golang, Python, and occasionally Java and Javascript) in a microservice-oriented, multi-cloud environment
• Level up the bar of software engineering within Security Research via technical mentorship and process design

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)
• Competitive global benefits
• Giving programs
• Healthcare
• Dental
• Parental planning
• Mental health benefits
• A 401(k) plan and match
• Paid time off
• Fitness reimbursements
• A discounted employee stock purchase plan
• Hybrid workplace