Staff Software Engineer

Datadog

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $234,000–$300,000 / yr
Posted: 25 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $179k

This role $267k

$116k most similar roles pay here $320k

This role pays more than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $142,849–$215,306 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $267k versus about $179k for comparable roles.

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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 130 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $187,000–$240,000 across 65 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

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As a Staff Engineer at Datadog, you will join a team of technical leaders tasked with driving the company’s technological growth over the next five years. Your role involves both individual contribution and leadership responsibilities, including designing and delivering industry-leading systems in areas like data visualization and virtual runtime profiling. You will own critical architecture projects from conception to full-scale production deployment, ensuring they meet high performance standards. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of engineering experience with at least 4 years in technical leadership roles, having previously led the design and delivery of impactful systems. Proficiency in relevant technologies such as distributed systems, data storage engines, and cloud services is essential, along with strong communication skills to guide cross-organizational projects.

Skills

Python Java Go Kubernetes Docker AWS CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Scalability Performance Optimization System Design Microservices Messaging Queues Monitoring Tools DevOps Practices

What you'll do

Lead the technical design and delivery of critical systems in your area of expertise.
Ensure full-scale production readiness for systems you architect from start to finish.
Innovate new approaches to enhance system performance and efficiency at scale.
Solve complex architectural problems spanning organizational boundaries effectively.
Mentor and guide other engineers, contributing to company-wide engineering standards.

What we're looking for

10+ years of relevant engineering experience in technical leadership roles.
Proven track record of designing and delivering industry-leading systems with significant impact.
Expertise in architecting and owning critical system architecture components.
Experience in deep performance analysis and inventing scalable efficiency solutions.
Strong communication skills for tackling design and architectural challenges across the organization.

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