Senior Software Engineer

Datadog, a leading global SaaS company (NASDAQ: DDOG), is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team. The role focuses on building and maintaining high-scale monitoring and observability solutions that process trillions of data points daily. As a Senior Engineer, you'll work on critical infrastructure that serves tens of thousands of companies, solving complex scaling challenges and implementing new features with careful consideration for performance and reliability.

The position requires strong technical expertise and experience with high-scale distributed systems. You'll be working with modern technologies like Redis, Cassandra, and Kafka, and programming languages such as Go and Python. The role offers an opportunity to work on meaningful technical challenges while contributing to a product that helps engineers worldwide understand and improve their systems.

Datadog offers a competitive compensation package with a salary range of $130,000 to $300,000 USD, along with comprehensive benefits including healthcare, dental, mental health coverage, 401(k) matching, and equity opportunities through their stock purchase plan. The company culture emphasizes pragmatism, honesty, and solving hard problems the right way.

This position is available in major tech hubs including Boston and New York, offering the chance to work with a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful community of engineers. The role is ideal for experienced engineers who are passionate about scalable systems, value code quality, and want to make a significant impact in a fast-growing technology company.