This role pays more than
81%
of similar roles. Most pay
$151,000–$202,482
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$216k
versus about
$177k
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.
As a Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Platform Client, you will join the Streaming Platform group to develop core infrastructure and abstractions for mission-critical data streams. You will work on the Rust client library, including producers and consumers with language bindings for Java, Go, and Python. Your daily responsibilities involve building intuitive APIs, optimizing high-throughput, low-level streaming code, and managing the service that bridges the client fleet with the platform's control plane to solve complex balancing and scaling challenges. You will also provide technical documentation, mentor junior engineers, and lead high-stakes projects. The role requires proficiency in Rust, experience with FFI, and a focus on performance optimization for distributed systems. This position addresses the challenge of maintaining reliability and observability across data paths handling hundreds of millions of messages per second.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.