Datadog is looking to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams.
Requirements
- 10+ years of backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems engineering experience.
- 4+ years of experience leading complex technical initiatives and cross-team projects.
- Deep expertise in one or more core systems domains—such as distributed storage, event streaming, networking, data infrastructure, or large-scale observability—and broad awareness of adjacent areas.
- Experience designing and delivering systems that are deeply technical, highly reliable, and serve critical business needs.
- Experience navigating and making progress in ambiguous problem spaces, identifying the right problems to solve.
- Experience with observability data platforms, distributed query engines, and real-time event streaming at global scale.
- Experience with building industry-leading systems in areas such as distributed data storage engines and real-time infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Be the technical owner of multiple critical systems or architecture areas, often spanning several teams or product lines.
- Drive the design and delivery of high-scale, high-impact projects, from vision to execution in production.
- Deeply investigate and optimize performance, reliability, and efficiency in large-scale distributed systems.
- Guide teams through ambiguity, scaling challenges, and evolving requirements with clear technical direction.
- Actively mentor engineers and influence engineering culture through leadership in design reviews, technical talks, and working groups.
- Collaborate with Staff Engineers, Directors, and VPs across the company to shape Datadog's technical roadmap.
- Build consensus and alignment across stakeholders on key architectural decisions and long-term strategy.
Other
- BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent practical experience.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders around a shared technical vision.
- Ability to care about getting things right, not just getting them done, and raise the bar for engineering quality around you.
- Competitive global benefits.
- Continuous professional development.
