The Datadog Agent is software that runs on customer infrastructure and supports a wide range of platforms. It collects observability data from hosts and sends them to Datadog, where our customer can analyze their monitoring and performance data. As a Senior Systems Engineer you will enable the entire Agent Organization of 100+ engineers to develop and release high quality Datadog Agent releases by improving our CI platform, tooling, processes and coding throughout. 

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: 

• Lead the evolutions of the Agent Supply Chain, focusing on security, reliability, and speed
• Support the growth of the Agent, welcoming new products and new engineering teams, providing the best platform to develop, test, build and release the Agent
• Participate in the release and deployment processes, finding ways to continuously improve lead times and reliability
• Drive the required changes in tooling, workflows, and culture to maximize velocity and happiness of the Agent engineers

 

Who You Are: 

• A seasoned engineer with 5+ years of software development experience
• Experienced with build pipelines, CI systems, release tooling and Linux/macOS packaging
• Keen on improving developer experience
• Strong in at least one programming language and comfortable with scripting languages (python, bash)
• Someone that enjoys working with other teams across the company, putting internal and external customers’ interests first

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

 

Benefits and Growth: 

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.