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Staff Software Engineer - Logs Observability Pipelines

Datadog· Engineering
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New York$244k - $305kfull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Staff Software Engineer to shape the BYOC Logs offering by unifying observability pipelines with customer-managed log management, building and scaling high-volume data processing systems, and leading cross-team initiatives in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Make customer-controlled deployments feel like a managed Datadog product: deployment, upgrades, configuration, observability, diagnostics, reliability, and secure operation across diverse customer cloud environments
  • Build and scale high-throughput systems for log processing, routing, and transformation across distributed environments
  • Lead cross-team initiatives, aligning engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver complex, multi-team projects
  • Design and implement software that runs reliably that customers deploy and operate within their own cloud infrastructure.
  • Improve system performance, scalability, and cost efficiency through thoughtful trade-off analysis and capacity planning
  • Contribute hands-on to critical code paths, debugging, and deployment challenges in customer environments

Qualifications

  • You have significant experience building software that is installed, deployed, and operated in customer environments rather than only as a fully managed SaaS service
  • Strong expertise in distributed systems, including scalability, performance optimization, and high-throughput data processing
  • Proficient in systems-level programming (Go, Rust, or C++) and understand how software runs across diverse environments (Linux)
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and troubleshooting infrastructure and networking issues
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes in production environments
  • Track record of leading large, cross-functional engineering efforts and influencing technical direction across teams

Skills

Required:Distributed systemsGo, Rust, or C++Cloud platformsKubernetes

Benefits

  • Generous and competitive benefits package
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
  • Employee-focused onboarding
  • Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture
  • Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on country and employment type
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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