Backend Engineer • Senior

Who you are

You have 5+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems at scale — you've owned services from design through deployment and have war stories from debugging complex distributed systems issues. You possess deep expertise in languages like Go, Python, and Java — you've shipped high-throughput APIs that handle millions of requests and have strong opinions on service architecture, dependency injection, and testing strategies. You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy mentoring peers and junior engineers, contributing to team culture through code reviews and architecture discussions. You are passionate about learning and applying distributed systems design patterns in a production setting, ensuring that the systems you build are reliable and resilient.

What you'll do

At Datadog, you will design and build reliable backend services that handle high-throughput, globally distributed workloads. You will own core components that power products relied on by thousands of engineering teams worldwide, ensuring they meet the highest standards of performance and reliability. Collaborating with other experienced engineers, you will evolve system architecture with a focus on scalability and resilience, tackling challenges that come with ingesting trillions of data points each day. You will ship production-grade code in languages like Go, Python, or Java, and contribute to team culture through code reviews, architecture discussions, and mentorship of peers and junior engineers. Your role will also involve learning and applying distributed systems design patterns in a production setting, which will enhance your expertise and impact within the team.

What we offer

Datadog values its office culture, fostering relationships and creativity through collaboration. As part of a hybrid workplace, you will have the flexibility to create a work-life harmony that best fits you. You will be part of a team that is dedicated to powering reliability and performance across thousands of companies, making a significant impact in the tech industry. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement — your unique perspective and skills could be a great addition to our team.