Staff Software Engineer, Logs Observability Pipelines

Datadog

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$244,000–$305,000 / yr
Posted
101 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $274k
$138k most similar roles pay here $323k

This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $155,801–$237,262 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $274k versus about $197k 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 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 · Staff Software Engineer, Logs Observability Pipelines

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As a Staff Software Engineer - Logs Observability Pipelines, you will join the team to shape the future of Bring Your Own Cloud offerings by unifying observability pipelines with log management software in customer-managed infrastructure. You will act as a hands-on technical leader, driving architecture and cross-team delivery while building high-throughput systems for processing, routing, and transforming data across distributed environments. The role involves making customer-controlled deployments feel like managed products through improved reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. You will work with technologies including Go, Rust, or C++, Linux systems, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. Additionally, you will utilize containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes to solve complex technical challenges involving high-volume data processing and infrastructure troubleshooting within diverse customer environments to ensure seamless operation of critical code paths.

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Skills

Go Rust C++ Linux AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Distributed Systems High-throughput Data Processing Networking Infrastructure Scalability Performance Optimization

What you'll do

  • Build and scale high-throughput systems for log processing, routing, and transformation across distributed environments.
  • Develop software that provides a managed experience for customers deploying tools within their own cloud infrastructure.
  • Lead cross-team initiatives to align engineers, product managers, and stakeholders on complex projects.
  • Improve system performance, scalability, and cost efficiency through trade-off analysis and capacity planning.
  • Contribute hands-on code to critical paths and resolve debugging challenges in customer environments.
  • Drive technical architecture and product direction for the Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) Logs offering.

What we're looking for

  • Experience building software installed and operated in customer environments rather than just as managed SaaS.
  • Expertise in distributed systems including scalability, performance optimization, and high-throughput data processing.
  • Proficiency in systems-level programming languages such as Go, Rust, or C++.
  • Knowledge of how software runs across diverse Linux systems.
  • Experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure and networking issues.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Kubernetes in production environments.
  • Proven track record of leading large, cross-functional engineering efforts and influencing technical direction.

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