Senior Software Engineer - Database Monitoring

The Database Monitoring team at Datadog is building industry-revolutionizing products to automatically pinpoint our customers’ database problems and proactively improve query performance. Join a successful product team transforming the way our industry operates data stores. Some examples of projects you will execute on include:

• Software to recommend opinionated performance improvements like index recommendations, query rewrites, and schema changes, then directly open a pull request to fix them
• Autonomous agents to tune database parameters and dynamically adjust them on behalf of our users
• Drop-in CI/CD checks to prevent common database failure modes
• Collect telemetry from SQL client drivers (e.g. JDBC) and connection pools
• Lead development of greenfield tooling for the Postgres ecosystem from the ground up

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:

• Design, build, and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects like the ones described above
• Build fault-tolerant, scalable software to run in customer environments and the Datadog backend
• Write precise, well-tested code in Go, Python, Java, and C++, amongst other languages
• Use Postgres, Kafka, and GRPC, alongside other open-source technologies
• Have opportunities to author Postgres extensions for increased observability (e.g. pg_tracing)

Who You Are:

• You have hands-on experience with intermediate Postgres concepts (e.g. one or more of: autovacuum tuning, partitioning large tables, logical replication, wait event analysis, explain plan analysis, partial indexes, GUC parameters to name a few)
• You are excited about the opportunity to work with customers directly, understand their workflows, and build industry-leading experiences for them
• You have led impactful technical initiatives in an environment where performance, cost efficiency, ease of use, and resilience/operability are first-order concerns
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience

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: 

• 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

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

If these sound exciting to you, let’s talk!