Senior Software Engineer, Frontend

Datadog

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Salary
$130,000–$300,000 / yr
Posted
12 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $182k
This role $215k
$99k most similar roles pay here $322k

This role pays more than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $152,770–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $215k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Datadog

Datadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.

Datadog currently has 266 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $161,000–$205,000 across 138 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Frontend

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend As a Senior Software Engineer - Frontend on a feature team, you will build an intuitive, responsive product to help customers monitor the health and performance of their systems. You will work with backend engineers, product managers, and designers to refine design concepts, break down complex features into engineering tasks, and manage rollout plans. Your daily work involves building high-scale, data-powered features while addressing scalability and performance challenges for large datasets. To succeed in this role, you must be a master of the Javascript ecosystem, utilizing React and Typescript to streamline data flow and create reusable components. You will also leverage AI tools to enhance coding workflows and solve problems. The work focuses on creating a powerful platform that provides developers with visibility into their infrastructure through complex frontend engineering.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build intuitive, responsive frontend features using React and TypeScript to display complex data sets.
  • Translate high-level design concepts into actionable engineering tasks and rollout plans.
  • Develop and maintain components within a large-scale in-house design system.
  • Optimize application performance and resolve scalability limits for high-traffic systems.
  • Advocate for and implement new frontend technologies, design patterns, and tooling.
  • Integrate AI tools to enhance coding workflows and improve software engineering practices.
  • Collaborate with backend engineers, product managers, and designers to refine product features.

What we're looking for

  • You have several years of experience designing and engineering user interfaces.
  • You are a master of the JavaScript ecosystem and current frontend technologies.
  • You can use design patterns to create simple, reusable components for complex UIs.
  • You are familiar with data structures, algorithms, profiling, and optimization.
  • You possess a demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows.
  • You value code simplicity, performance, and attention to detail.
  • Export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any.

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