Role overview

Senior Software Engineer- Streaming Platform Client

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  • Architect and implement resilient interactions between our client libraries and the control plane.
  • Optimize our high-throughput, low-level streaming library to push the boundaries of performance and efficiency.
  • Champion the developer experience by providing exceptional support, technical documentation, and proactive troubleshooting for our wide user base.
  • Lead high-stakes technical projects, maintaining end-to-end accountability for their delivery and quality.
  • Collaborate with partner teams on delivering projects wider than your team's scope.
  • Mentor junior engineers and interns, fostering a culture of technical excellence and shared knowledge.
  • You are a self-starter who experiments methodically, iterates rapidly, and views failure as a learning opportunity.
  • You are a finisher who takes the projects through the finish line and does not stop at shipping code.
  • You thrive in collaborative environments, championing a blameless culture and actively fostering the growth of your teammates.
  • You communicate complex ideas effectively, with experience gathering requirements from stakeholders and leading high-impact technical initiatives.
  • You are deeply committed to user experience, ensuring the tools you build empower developers.
  • You have strong proficiency in low-level languages (ideally Rust).
  • You have a passion for deep-dive investigations, particularly in performance optimization and debugging complex systems.
  • You are curious about AI and actively leverage it to enhance your development workflow.
  • Bonus: Direct experience operating or using large-scale streaming systems like Kafka.
  • Bonus: Familiarity with language bindings and FFI.
  • 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
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