Staff Software Engineer, Security Agent

Datadog

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Posted: 88 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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Staff Software Engineer - Security Agent joins the Security Agent team to develop critical security capabilities for Workload Protection, Vulnerability Management, and Cloud Security products. This role involves leading the design and development of low-level Linux instrumentation and runtime security technologies to detect threats and monitor system activity for cloud-native workloads. Key responsibilities include building reusable eBPF-based monitoring functionality for process, file, and network visibility while driving end-to-end feature delivery from strategy through implementation. The candidate will work with Linux kernel internals, kernel APIs, systems programming, driver development, and networking systems across diverse distributions. You will solve complex technical challenges involving performance-sensitive systems and large-scale data collection. This role requires expertise in eBPF, kernel-level instrumentation, and agent development to provide shared platform capabilities that ensure reliability and high performance for the security platform.

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Skills

eBPF Linux Kernel Systems Programming Linux Internals Kernel APIs Driver Development Networking Systems Agent Development Runtime Security Data Collection Testing Methodologies

What you'll do

Lead the architecture and development of security agent capabilities for runtime threat detection and workload protection.
Design and build reusable eBPF-based monitoring functionality for process, file, and network visibility in Linux environments.
Drive end-to-end delivery of new features from technical strategy and design through implementation and rollout.
Establish and evolve testing methodologies to improve platform coverage, detection quality, reliability, and performance.
Develop low-level Linux instrumentation and runtime security technologies for large-scale data collection.
Provide technical leadership by influencing engineering direction and mentoring peers on complex cross-functional challenges.

What we're looking for

Significant experience building software in Linux environments including knowledge of kernel APIs or systems programming.
Hands-on experience with eBPF and kernel-level instrumentation.
Experience with driver development, networking systems, or agent development.
Experience developing performance-sensitive systems where reliability is critical.
Experience maintaining production software across diverse Linux distributions and kernel versions.
Ability to lead the architecture, design, and end-to-end delivery of security features.
Proven ability to provide technical leadership by mentoring peers and influencing engineering direction.

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