Datadog - Staff Software Engineer
Requirements
• You have significant experience building software in Linux environments, including knowledge of Linux internals, kernel APIs, or systems programming. • You have hands-on experience with eBPF, kernel-level instrumentation, driver development, networking systems, agent development, or related low-level technologies. • You've built and run systems where performance and reliability actually matter. • You have experience building and maintaining production software across diverse Linux distributions and kernel versions. • You are product-minded and customer-focused, balancing technical excellence with customer impact and usability. • Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. • Equal Opportunity at Datadog: • Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. • Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. • Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines. • Requisition ID: R11404
Responsibilities
• Lead the architecture and development of security agent capabilities that power runtime threat detection and workload protection across Datadog Security products. • Design and build reusable eBPF-based monitoring functionality for process, file, and network visibility within Linux environments. • Drive end-to-end delivery of new features, from technical strategy and design through implementation, testing, and rollout. • Establish and evolve testing methodologies that improve platform coverage, detection quality, reliability, and performance. • Partner with product, security, infrastructure, and engineering teams to deliver shared platform capabilities used across multiple Datadog products. • Provide technical leadership by influencing engineering direction, mentoring peers, and helping resolve complex cross-functional challenges.
Benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing • Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking • An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) • Competitive global benefits • Giving programs • Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. • Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. • Equal Opportunity at Datadog: • Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. • Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. • Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines. • Requisition ID: R11404
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