Open Source Program Developer

Datadog • Washington, DC

20d • Remote

About The Position

Datadog is deeply committed to open source, with its Agent, tracers, libraries, and SDKs all being open source, and open standards and collaboration forming a core part of its identity. As a member of the Open Source Program Office (OSPO), this role focuses on developing tools, documentation, and policies to enhance how engineers interact with both internal and third-party Open Source projects. The position also involves representing Datadog within Open Source communities. Datadog is a global SaaS business, known for its growth and profitability, aiming to simplify complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring. The company fosters professional development, diversity, innovation, and work excellence within a collaborative, pragmatic, and people-first community.

Requirements

• Approximately 3+ years of experience as a software developer, SRE, or other practitioner.
• You are fluent in reading and writing one or more languages, e.g. Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, C#, Rust, and so on.
• You love building tools that make other engineers more productive.
• You have empathy, collaboration, and communication skills to cultivate strong relationships across various teams in the organization.

Nice To Haves

• You are (or have been) an active member of an open source community.
• You are familiar with different Open Source licenses and Contributor License Agreements

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain tools that ease building and releasing Open Source software at Datadog
• Build and maintain tools that ease ingesting Open Source software at Datadog
• Create developer facing documentation and training materials around contributing to open source and maintaining open source projects
• Interface with open source communities to understand problems and trends in the market
• Create tools to automatically analyze and report on Open Source repositories trends and statistics
• Interface with [Datadog Open Source Partners] candidates and recipients to select new projects for the program and ensure that the program stays useful
• Research and write content for the [Datadog Open Source Hub]
• Contribute to the product through feedback (bugs or product enhancements suggestions), documentation, or code

Benefits

• New hire stock equity (RSUs)
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development
• Product training
• 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
• Competitive salary
• Equity package
• Variable compensation
• Healthcare
• Dental benefits
• Parental planning benefits
• Mental health benefits
• 401(k) plan and match
• Paid time off
• Fitness reimbursements
• Discounted employee stock purchase plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees