Staff Software Engineer

We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join the APM teams to drive new projects in the context of our portfolio.In this role, you will partner closely with engineering and product managers within and outside of the department to help shape our roadmap; design and lead initiatives across the stack; and actively help in strengthening our engineering practices and culture. The ideal candidate will join us to shape the product they use everyday into the product they would love if it existed. Our next-level challenge is providing an intelligence layer to all of the telemetry Datadog can collect, to accelerate root cause analysis and guide users to make decisions about how to optimize their systems.

What you’ll do

• Design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects to make APM the best performance insights product on the market.
• Provide technical leadership across organizational boundaries to ensure maximum delivery efficiency.
• Lead and guide other engineers through product and architectural platform decisions.
• Provide input on prioritizing engineering-led planning and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with internal product teams to design solutions that meet our customer needs.

• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
• 4+ years of technical leadership experience, including both effective communication of complex concepts and experience coordinating across teams to ship critical products
• Deep backend programming expertise — you’ve architected, built, and operated complex systems at scale.
• Customer-first mindset and a strong drive to build products that meet real needs.
• You care deeply about product quality and have clear, thoughtful opinions on how things should work.
• You value simplicity and clean design in systems, interfaces, and user experiences.
• You have a track record of taking full ownership of ambiguous and complex problems and turning them into solutions that deliver real value.
• Experience with browser or mobile applications is a plus.