datadog
Staff Software Engineer
At a Glance
- Location
- Bordeaux, France; Grenoble, France; Lyon, France; Madrid, Spain; Montpellier, France; Nantes, France; Paris, France; Sophia Antipolis, France
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Posted
- 2026-03-02T15:10:18-05:00
Key Requirements
Domain Knowledge
- Engineering
Requirements
10+ years of relevant engineering experience
You have led the design and delivery of industry-leading systems, either in their unique depth of technical expertise needed and/or in their scope of impact across a company’s engineering org.
You’re excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build - or eager to learn how
You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output
Bonus: you’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products
Datadog values people from all walks of life.
Compensation & 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)
Competitive global benefits
Giving programs
Responsibilities
Be the technical owner of multiple pieces of critical architecture in your area of the business.
Own delivery of the systems you architect from beginning-to-end, doing what it takes to get things shipped and at full scale in production.
Dive deep into performance of systems; inventing new approaches that bring efficiency at scale.