Staff Software Engineer – Fabric

Datadog • New York, NY

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Fabric group builds and operates the core networking and connectivity infrastructure that powers Datadog—everything from customer-facing traffic to internal service-to-service communication. Fabric sits at the foundation of Datadog’s platform, enabling secure, reliable, and cost-efficient connectivity at global scale.
We are hiring a Staff Engineer to lead and evolve the automation and provisioning of our networking infrastructure as Datadog continues to expand into new regions and deployment models worldwide.
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

• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
• You have 10+ years of relevant engineering experience, and experience acting as a technical lead
• Experience building large-scale distributed systems in a production environment
• Strong programming skills in one or more of: Go, Rust, C++, Java
• You are familiar with some or all of the following technologies/concepts: Cloud Networking (e.g. AWS, GCP and Azure), Kubernetes, Proxies / Load Balancers (e.g. Envoy), DNS and traffic management, Infrastructure automation tools (e.g. Terraform)
• You are curious and interested in learning deep infrastructure and networking domains

Responsibilities

• Design and build automation systems to provision, configure, and manage Datadog’s global networking infrastructure
• Enable one-click (and fully automated) regional bootstrapping, teardown, and validation
• Improve the safety, speed, and correctness of infrastructure changes
• Lead technical initiatives that reduce manual operations and eliminate error-prone workflows
• Balance reliability, security, and cost efficiency at global scale
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the organization

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees