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[Remote] Staff Software Engineer

Work from home Full-time role Hiring

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Datadog is on a mission to build the best platform for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. The Staff Software Engineer will serve as a technical leader, responsible for architecting and delivering systems that support the company's growth and enhance its engineering standards.

Responsibilities

  • Be the technical owner of multiple pieces of critical architecture in your area of the business
  • Own delivery of the systems you architect from beginning-to-end, doing what it takes to get things shipped and at full scale in production
  • Dive deep into performance of systems; inventing new approaches that bring efficiency at scale

Skills

  • You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
  • 4+ years of technical leadership experience, either as a manager or technical leader
  • You have led the design and delivery of industry-leading systems, either in their unique depth of technical expertise needed and/or in their scope of impact across a company's engineering org
  • You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output
  • Bonus: you're motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products

Benefits

  • Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities for internal mobility
  • Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Free global mental health benefit through Spring Health
  • Generous global benefits
  • Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits
  • A 401(k) plan and match
  • Paid time off
  • Fitness reimbursements
  • A discounted employee stock purchase plan

Company Overview

  • Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.datadoghq.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Datadog has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 8 in 2026, 123 in 2025, 66 in 2024, 45 in 2023, 53 in 2022, 31 in 2021, 29 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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