Staff Software Engineer - Logs Observability Pipelines

Datadog is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the future of our Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) Logs offering by unifying observability pipelines with log management software that customers deploy and manage in their own infrastructure. This role will focus on building and scaling systems that process, rout...

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

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

You have significant experience building software that is installed, deployed, and operated in customer environments rather than only as a fully managed SaaS service.
You have strong expertise in distributed systems, including scalability, performance optimization, and high-throughput data processing
You are proficient in systems-level programming (e.g., Go, Rust, or C++) and understand how software runs across diverse environments (e.g., Linux systems)
You have experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and are comfortable troubleshooting infrastructure and networking issues
You are experienced with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes in production environments
You have a track record of leading large, cross-functional engineering efforts and influencing technical direction across teams
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.