Senior Software Engineer - Synthetics Platform | Datadog Careers

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Work type: Hybrid
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Salary: $130,000–$300,000 / yr
Posted: 15 days ago

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer - Synthetics Platform | Datadog Careers

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Join the Synthetics Platform team at Datadog as a senior software engineer responsible for deploying new locations and developing tooling to manage existing ones across multiple cloud providers. You will design automated migration tools, help shape infrastructure technologies, and advise developers on architecture decisions. The role involves working with Kubernetes, Terraform, Postgres, Redis, Bazel, Temporal, Cassandra, Kafka, and other distributed systems. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in software engineering, proficiency in Go or Python, and a strong track record of running production environments in cloud settings. You should value correctness, efficiency, and automation to tackle complex issues effectively.

Skills

Kubernetes Terraform Python Go Postgres Redis Bazel Temporal Cassandra Kafka CI/CD

What you'll do

Deploy new Synthetics locations across multiple regions and cloud providers.
Develop tooling to manage existing Synthetics locations efficiently.
Design automated migration tools for various types of migrations without downtime.
Provide expertise in infrastructure technologies for the Synthetics product.
Assist developers in making better architecture decisions and service configurations.

What we're looking for

5+ years of software engineering experience
Expertise in Go or Python programming
Experience running production environments on multiple cloud platforms
Proficiency with Kubernetes, Cassandra, Postgres, Kafka, and Redis
Strong automation skills for infrastructure management
Ability to design and develop automated migration tools

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