Datadog · 14 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$234K/yr - $300K/yr
10+ years expDatadog is a global SaaS business on a mission to build the best platform for engineers to understand and scale their systems. The Staff Software Engineer will act as a technical leader, owning critical architecture and delivering systems from beginning to end while ensuring efficiency at scale.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingCloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureData ManagementDevOpsProductivity ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
Be the technical owner of multiple pieces of critical architecture in your area of the business
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
Dive deep into performance of systems; inventing new approaches that bring efficiency at scale
Qualification
Required
You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
10+ years of relevant engineering experience
4+ years of technical leadership experience, either as a manager or technical leader
You have led the design and delivery of industry-leading systems, either in their unique depth of technical expertise needed and/or in their scope of impact across a company's engineering org
Preferred
You're excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build – or eager to learn how
Benefits
Healthcare
Dental
Parental planning
Mental health benefits
A 401(k) plan and match
Paid time off
Fitness reimbursements
A discounted employee stock purchase plan
Company
Datadog
Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.02BKey Investors
ICONIQ GrowthIndex VenturesOpenView
2024-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $870M
2020-05-28Post Ipo Debt
2019-09-19IPO
Leadership Team
Olivier Pomel
Co-founder, CEO
Alexis Le-Quoc
Co-founder & CTO
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