Datadog is looking to revolutionize the way customers operate data stores by automatically pinpointing database problems and proactively improving query performance.
Requirements
- Battle-tested experience with Postgres at scale
- Experience writing application software which interacts with Postgres
- Experience with Go, Python, and C++
- Knowledge of Postgres internals
- Experience with Kafka and GRPC
- Experience with open-source technologies
- Preferred experience with pg_tracing and core Postgres contributions
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and drive high-priority, high-impact projects
- Build fault-tolerant, scalable software to run in customer environments and the Datadog backend
- Contribute features, fixes, and architecture enhancements to our open-source Datadog Agent collector in Python and Go
- Write precise, well-tested code in Go, Python, and C++, amongst other languages
- Use Postgres, Kafka, and GRPC, alongside other open-source technologies
- Lead development of greenfield tooling for the Postgres ecosystem from the ground up
- Develop software to recommend opinionated performance improvements like index recommendations, query rewrites, and schema changes
Other
- Ability to work with customers directly, understand their workflows, and build industry-leading experiences for them
- Ability to lead impactful technical initiatives
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- Inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
- Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits
