Staff Software Engineer - Logs Observability Pipelines

Datadog is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) Logs offering by unifying observability pipelines with log management software deployed in customer infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Make customer controlled deployments feel like a managed Datadog product, covering deployment, upgrades, configuration, observability, diagnostics, reliability, and secure operation across diverse cloud environments
• Build and scale high throughput systems for log processing, routing, and transformation across distributed environments
• Lead cross team initiatives, aligning engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver complex, multi team projects
• Design and implement software that runs reliably in customer deployed and operated cloud infrastructure
• Improve system performance, scalability, and cost efficiency through thoughtful trade offs and capacity planning
• Contribute hands-on to critical code paths, debugging, and deployment challenges in customer environments

Requirements

• Extensive experience building software that is installed, deployed, and operated in customer environments rather than only as a fully managed SaaS service
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, including scalability, performance optimization, and high throughput data processing
• Proficiency in systems level programming (Go, Rust, or C++) and understanding of how software runs across diverse environments (Linux)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and comfort troubleshooting infrastructure and networking issues
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes in production
• Track record of leading large, cross functional engineering efforts and influencing technical direction across teams

Technologies

• Go
• Rust
• C++
• Linux
• AWS
• Azure
• GCP
• Kubernetes

Benefits

• Generous and competitive benefits package
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Employee focused best in class onboarding
• Internal mentor and cross department buddy program
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

About Datadog

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, delivering unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security together in one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and AI leaders, Datadog helps teams move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife.

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