Senior Software Engineer - Language Foundations

Senior Software Engineer - Language Foundations

Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer - Language Foundations role at Datadog

Senior Software Engineer - Language Foundations

Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer - Language Foundations role at Datadog

The Go Tools team is part of the Language Foundations organization. Our team works on building tooling and automation in support of the Go developer experience at Datadog.
As a software engineer on the Go Tools team, you will be responsible for shaping the way Go is used across Datadog by advancing our tools, promoting best practices, and solving complex development challenges.
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.
What You’ll Do:

• Evolve and advocate for Go language best practices across engineering teams.
• Keep Datadog’s Go ecosystem modern and efficient by researching and adopting relevant new language features, tools, and libraries.
• Triage and resolve complex tooling or performance issues.
• Build internal tools and automation to enhance Go developer productivity and confidence in making code changes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify developer pain points and deliver targeted improvements to the Go development workflow.
  

Who You Are:

• You practice simplicity as a means to produce stable and maintainable software.
• Experienced in evolving and maintaining large-scale Go codebases and deeply understand software lifecycle challenges.
• A strong communicator and mentor who amplifies the impact of other engineers by sharing knowledge and improving tooling.
• A strategic thinker who can anticipate and manage the broader impact of technical decisions across a large engineering organization.
• You believe in using your own tools to better understand and improve them.
• BS/MS/PhD degree in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience
  

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know 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 experience, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits & Growth:

• 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)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits
  

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
About Datadog:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth.
Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn and Datadog Learning Center.
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.
The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:
$187,000—$240,000 USD
About Datadog:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and 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 more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
Your Privacy:
Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Engineering and Information Technology

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  Software Development

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