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Staff Engineer, Compute

Datadog· Engineering
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Lisbonfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Staff Engineer on Datadog's Compute – Disruption and Workload Placement team focused on capacity orchestration for Kubernetes across multi-region multi-cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) to support AI and cloud-native workloads.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical direction of capacity management and workload placement for Datadog's Kubernetes platform spanning 100,000+ virtual machines across multiple cloud providers.
  • Design and build systems that optimize how engineering workloads are scheduled and deployed across regions while balancing capacity constraints, reliability, and performance.
  • Partner across infrastructure teams to evolve multi-region and multi-cloud capacity orchestration as Datadog continues to scale.
  • Develop production software in Go to improve Kubernetes platform capabilities, automation, and operational efficiency.
  • Use data and capacity signals to influence infrastructure decisions, forecast growth, and improve workload placement strategies.

Qualifications

  • Significant experience designing and operating large-scale Kubernetes-based infrastructure or platform systems.
  • Experienced software engineer with strong programming skills, ideally in Go or a comparable systems programming language.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) and understanding of distributed cloud infrastructure.
  • Strong systems mindset and ability to solve complex infrastructure, scheduling, or capacity management challenges.
  • Comfortable working with operational data, capacity forecasting, or analytical approaches that inform engineering decisions.
  • Proven track record of providing technical leadership across teams and influencing architecture without direct management authority.

Skills

Required:KubernetesGoCloud providers

Benefits

  • Generous and competitive benefits package
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
  • Employee-focused best in class onboarding
  • Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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