Senior Staff Software Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Staff Software Engineer: Building industry-leading systems in areas such as observability data platforms, distributed query engines, and real-time event streaming at global scale with an accent on large-scale systems design. Focus on aligning design decisions across teams and domains, driving large-scale initiatives forward, and ensuring consistent execution.

Location: New York, New York, USA. Hybrid

Salary: $272,000—$340,000 USD

Company

Datadog is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability.

What you will do

• 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.
• Build consensus and alignment across stakeholders on key architectural decisions and long-term strategy.
• Deeply investigate and optimize performance, reliability, and efficiency in large-scale distributed systems.
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers, Directors, and VPs across the company to shape Datadog’s technical roadmap.

Requirements

• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent practical experience.
• You have 10+ years of backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems engineering experience.
• You have 4+ years of experience leading complex technical initiatives and cross-team projects.
• You have designed and delivered systems that are deeply technical, highly reliable, and serve critical business needs.
• You can navigate and make progress in ambiguous problem spaces, identifying the right problems to solve.
• You have exceptional communication skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders around a shared technical vision.

Nice to have

• You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products

Culture & Benefits

• Build tools for software engineers, just like yourself, and use the tools we build to accelerate our development.
• Have a lot of influence on product direction and impact on the business.
• Work with skilled, knowledgeable, and kind teammates who are happy to teach and learn.
• Competitive global benefits.
• Continuous professional development.