Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Platform

DataDog
New York, California
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 192,000 - 240,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Rust","Java","Go","Python","FFI","Kafka","Distributed systems","Low-level programming"]

Senior Software Engineer for Datadog's Streaming Platform Client, developing high-performance Rust-based libraries and cross-language bindings. You will architect client-control plane interactions, optimize low-latency streaming pipelines, mentor engineers, lead cross-team initiatives, and enhance developer experience in a distributed, hybrid work setting across Europe and North America.

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DataDog
3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Platform

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Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer for Datadog's Streaming Platform Client, developing high-performance Rust-based libraries and cross-language bindings. You will architect client-control plane interactions, optimize low-latency streaming pipelines, mentor engineers, lead cross-team initiatives, and enhance developer experience in a distributed, hybrid work setting across Europe and North America.
Location: New York, California
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect and implement resilient interactions between client libraries and the control plane.
  • •Optimize a high-throughput, low-level streaming library to maximize performance and efficiency.
  • •Champion the developer experience with documentation, support, and proactive troubleshooting for a wide user base.
  • •Lead high-stakes technical projects with end-to-end accountability for delivery and quality.
  • •Mentor junior engineers and interns, fostering technical excellence and knowledge sharing.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 192,000 - 240,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:RsusEsppHealth Insurance401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Strong proficiency in low-level languages (ideally Rust) and building distributed systems with high throughput and low latency.
  • •Experience architecting and implementing interactions between client libraries and control planes, and optimizing data-path performance.
  • •Ability to mentor junior engineers and interns, lead technical projects end-to-end, and improve developer experience with documentation and support.
  • •Familiarity with language bindings and FFI, and experience across multiple languages (Java, Go, Python).
  • •Curiosity about AI and ability to leverage it to enhance development workflows; bonus for experience with large-scale streaming systems like Kafka.
Experience:Distributed systemsStreamingRustKafka (bonus)
Skills:RustJavaGoPythonFFIKafkaDistributed systemsLow-level programming
Languages:English
Tech Stack:RustJavaGoPythonKafkaFFI

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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