Senior Software Engineer - Code Gen

DatadogNew York, NY
$192,000 - $240,000Hybrid

About The Position

The Bits Code product is Datadog's cutting-edge coding agent, designed to take all of our rich telemetry and convert that into meaningful, impactful fixes for customers. You'll work with our product-focused engineers to design, build and secure a best-in-class sandbox environment, cloud-hosted agent infrastructure, and the product surface that will reach a large portion of Datadog's user base. We're looking for someone to own the security of this hugely important work. 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.

Requirements

  • 5+ YOE
  • Significant exposure to distributed systems and LLM applications, including designing and maintaining them over time
  • Deep knowledge of secure architecture and coding best practices
  • You have demonstrated the ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output.
  • Experience working on impactful products and putting the customer first, not arbitrary technical constraints
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, cutting through ambiguity to deliver well-reasoned solutions

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement frameworks that help the team deliver secure software, force-multiplying your knowledge
  • Review source code, architecture diagrams, and product specs to ensure they meet security best practices
  • Contribute meaningfully to the team's architecture and code by working alongside engineers at every step of the SDLC process
  • Actively contribute to core libraries for authenticating and authorizing access to our agent

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
  • Healthcare
  • Dental
  • Parental planning
  • Mental health benefits
  • 401(k) plan and match
  • Paid time off
  • Fitness reimbursements
  • Discounted employee stock purchase plan
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