Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

DataDog
Boston, New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 130,000 - 300,000Function: Software EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Collaboration","Communication"]

Senior Software Engineer focused on building fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable distributed systems. You will work on real-time data pipelines, multi-tenant services, and low-latency components using languages like Go, Java, Rust, or C++, integrating with open-source tools such as Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch to power a high-availability platform.

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DataDog
4 years ago

Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

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Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer focused on building fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable distributed systems. You will work on real-time data pipelines, multi-tenant services, and low-latency components using languages like Go, Java, Rust, or C++, integrating with open-source tools such as Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch to power a high-availability platform.
Location: Boston, New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable solutions running in multi-tenant environments
  • •Write in Go, Java, Rust or C++, amongst other languages
  • •Use Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch and other open-source components
  • •Own meaningful parts of our service, have an impact, grow with the company
  • •Work on data pipelines and platform components to support real-time analytics

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 130,000 - 300,000
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:RsusEsppLearning BudgetHealth InsuranceDental401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of experience
  • •A BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
  • •Significant backend programming experience in one or more languages (Go, Java, Rust, C++)
  • •Experience solving high durability / low latency problems
  • •Ability to go down to the low-level when needed
Experience:6+ yearsDistributed systemsReal-time data pipelinesMulti-tenant environments
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem-solvingCollaborationCommunication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoJavaRustC++KafkaRedisCassandraElasticsearch

Company Brief

DataDog
Provides a cloud-native monitoring and observability platform that unifies metrics, traces, logs, and security signals to help engineering, operations, and security teams monitor and troubleshoot modern applications and infrastructure.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2010
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