Senior Software Engineer - Bazel Tools

DataDog
Atlanta, Boston, New York, California, Oregon
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 244,000 - 305,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["User-focused","Collaboration"]

Build and maintain Bazel-based build, test, and packaging tools that help thousands of Datadog developers work faster and with fewer issues. Own projects end to end across greenfield and brownfield systems, improving CI speed, cache hit rates, and performance/cost efficiency at scale. Treat CI like production reliability, execute complex migrations, and contribute back to the Bazel ecosystem.

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Senior Software Engineer - Bazel Tools

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Job Summary

Build and maintain Bazel-based build, test, and packaging tools that help thousands of Datadog developers work faster and with fewer issues. Own projects end to end across greenfield and brownfield systems, improving CI speed, cache hit rates, and performance/cost efficiency at scale. Treat CI like production reliability, execute complex migrations, and contribute back to the Bazel ecosystem.
Location: Atlanta, Boston, New York, California, Oregon
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Invent build, test, and packaging tools that are simpler and more reliable to use.
  • •Improve performance and cost efficiency at scale by increasing cache hit rates and reducing CI time and compute spend.
  • •Ensure CI pipelines are green and fast by applying SRE-like reliability practices.
  • •Prepare, run, and complete complex migrations from start to finish.
  • •Contribute upstream to the Bazel ecosystem by upstreaming fixes and shaping features the team depends on.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 244,000 - 305,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDental401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Expertise in Bazel and/or one or more of Go, Python, Java, Rust, or TypeScript.
  • •Broad understanding of software projects that are built, tested, and packaged with the team’s tools.
  • •Ability to make impactful, reliable changes that improve engineering velocity.
  • •User-focused mindset to improve tool usability so engineers need less help over time.
  • •Experience working with a large codebase.
Skills:User-focusedCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:BazelGoPythonJavaRustTypeScriptCISRE

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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