Staff Software Engineer - K9 Security | Datadog Careers

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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 · Staff Software Engineer - K9 Security | Datadog Careers

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As a Staff Software Engineer on Datadog’s Security Agent team, you will lead the design and development of low-level Linux instrumentation and runtime security technologies that help detect threats and protect cloud-native workloads at scale. Your daily tasks include architecting eBPF-based monitoring functionality for process, file, and network visibility within Linux environments, driving end-to-end delivery of new features from strategy to rollout, and establishing testing methodologies to enhance platform reliability and performance. You will collaborate with product, security, infrastructure, and engineering teams to deliver shared capabilities used across multiple Datadog products while providing technical leadership by mentoring peers and resolving complex challenges. This role requires expertise in Linux internals, eBPF, kernel-level instrumentation, driver development, networking systems, and agent development, as well as experience building high-performance and reliable production software across diverse environments.

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eBPF Linux Kernel APIs Systems Programming Docker CI/CD Python Go Kubernetes AWS PostgreSQL Git GitHub Jenkins Ansible Terraform Prometheus Grafana JSON YAML

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and development of security agent capabilities for runtime threat detection.
  • Design eBPF-based monitoring functionality for process, file, and network visibility in Linux.
  • Drive end-to-end delivery of new features from strategy to implementation and rollout.
  • Establish testing methodologies to enhance platform coverage and performance reliability.
  • Influence technical direction by mentoring peers and resolving complex cross-functional challenges.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience in Linux environments, including kernel APIs and systems programming.
  • Hands-on expertise with eBPF, kernel-level instrumentation, driver development, and networking systems.
  • Proven track record of building high-performance, reliable production software across diverse Linux distributions.
  • Demonstrated ability to design and implement reusable monitoring functionality using eBPF for process visibility.
  • Strong technical leadership skills, including influencing engineering direction and mentoring peers.
  • Experience in establishing testing methodologies that enhance platform coverage and performance.

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