Staff Software Engineer - Logs Management
Datadog · New York City, NY · Dev Eng
About this role
Datadog is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in New York City, NY. The posting calls out experience with Datadog, Distributed Systems, Security, Observability. Compensation is listed at $234,000–$300,000 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- New York City, NY
- Department
- Dev Eng
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Job description
from Datadog careersWe're looking for a Staff Engineer to join the Logs organization at Datadog and help redefine how our customers ingest, query, and derive insights from logs data. In this role, you’ll work closely with Product Managers and customers to drive complex initiatives across ingestion pipelines, search infrastructure, and intelligent log management capabilities - all while pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI and distributed systems. You’ll have the opportunity to lead efforts that shape the future of log management.
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:
- Partner with Product Managers to define ambiguous product requirements and determine the most impactful solutions for customers
- Lead technical strategy and execution and design systems surrounding log query performance and ingestion at scale.
- Explore and prototype new capabilities and collaborate with peers on initiatives spanning AI-powered log management, security and business operations, advanced query capabilities, and external data sources query capabilities.
- Mentor engineers across levels and contribute to growing a high-performing, collaborative team culture