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Home›Jobs›Datadog›Software Engineer - Backend Generalist
Datadog

About Datadog

The cloud monitoring platform engineers love

Key Highlights

  • Public company (NYSE: DDOG) - strong equity upside
  • 26,000+ enterprise customers including Netflix & Samsung
  • NYC headquarters with offices in Paris, Dublin, Sydney
  • $1.5B raised from Sequoia, IVP, and Index Ventures

Datadog (NYSE: DDOG) is a leading cloud observability platform that provides monitoring and analytics for applications, infrastructure, and logs. Trusted by over 26,000 customers including major companies like Netflix, Samsung, and Airbnb, Datadog is headquartered in New York City. The company went ...

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Datadog offers competitive salaries, equity options, generous PTO policies, and a flexible remote work policy. Employees also benefit from a learning ...

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Datadog fosters an engineering-first culture, with 70% of its workforce comprising engineers. The company emphasizes a strong focus on solving complex...

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Datadog

Software Engineer - Backend Generalist

Datadog • Bordeaux, France; Lyon, France; Madrid, Spain; Nantes, France; Paris, France; Sophia Antipolis, France

Posted 1d ago🏢 HybridMid-LevelBackend engineer📍 Bordeaux📍 Lyon📍 Madrid📍 Nantes📍 Paris📍 Sophia antipolis
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Skills & Technologies

JavaPythonDockerAWSPostgreSQL

Overview

Datadog is seeking a Backend Engineer to build a scalable platform for system monitoring and security. You'll work with Java, Python, and Docker in a hybrid environment across multiple locations in France and Spain. This role requires significant experience in backend development.

Job Description

Who you are

You have significant experience in one or more programming languages, particularly Java and Python, and you value code simplicity and performance. You can design architecture to solve problems at high scale, having worked on production systems that handle large volumes of data. With a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience, you thrive in a fast, high-growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customers. You’re excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build. You understand the importance of collaboration and creativity in a team setting, and you are eager to contribute to a culture that values these traits.

What you'll do

In this role, you will solve scaling bottlenecks in critical services and deploy new features to production, progressively rolling them out with feature flags. You will investigate and fix production issues from services your team owns, ensuring high availability and performance. You will design scalable solutions to accommodate increasing traffic and work closely with your team to plan the most important projects to tackle next. Your contributions will directly impact the efficiency and reliability of Datadog's platform, helping thousands of companies monitor and protect their systems effectively.

What we offer

Datadog provides a hybrid workplace that allows you to create a work-life harmony that best fits you. You will be part of a collaborative team that values honesty and simplicity in solving hard problems. The company fosters a culture of creativity and relationship-building, ensuring that you have the support and resources needed to succeed. You will have opportunities for professional growth and development, working alongside talented engineers in a dynamic environment. Datadog is committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applicants from all walks of life.

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