Staff Software Engineer - Integrations at Datadog

New York, New York, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Jan, 26

Salary

300000.0

Posted On

21 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Distributed Systems, Developer Platforms, Backend Programming, Python, Go, Java, Tooling, Frameworks, Technical Patterns, Cross-Functional Projects, Complex Systems, Communication, Collaboration

Industry

Software Development

Description

The Opportunity The Integrations organization builds and maintains the systems that power over a thousand Datadog integrations, ensuring they are seamless, scalable, and deliver meaningful insights. The team partners closely with product groups to ensure integrations collect the right data and unlock the full value of Datadog’s platform. Its mission is to make integration development fast, reliable, and consistent through shared systems, frameworks, and tooling. As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll shape how integrations are built and operated by solving complex technical challenges and designing scalable solutions across teams. You’ll also lead cross-team initiatives to define standards, improve reliability, and enhance developer efficiency across the organization. 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 engineering teams across Datadog to design and implement scalable, reliable integration systems. Identify and address common technical challenges in the integration ecosystem through frameworks, tooling, and shared infrastructure. Lead cross-team initiatives that improve developer productivity, integration quality, and overall system performance. Contribute to technical standards, architecture reviews, and best practices that guide integration development at scale. Mentor and influence other engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and strategic guidance. Who You Are Experienced in designing and scaling distributed systems or developer platforms. Proficient in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or similar). Passionate about enabling other engineers through tooling, frameworks, and clear technical patterns. Comfortable leading cross-functional projects and navigating ambiguity to drive alignment and results. Excited by complex systems, open-ended challenges, and opportunities for broad technical impact. A strong communicator and collaborator who values clarity, empathy, and shared success. 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 Competitive global benefits New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan. The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $234,000—$300,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. 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Responsibilities

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will partner with engineering teams to design and implement scalable integration systems. You will also lead initiatives to improve developer productivity and integration quality across the organization.