The opportunity
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to…
What you'll do
Design and build core components of our zero-instrumentation APM product using eBPF and Go
Develop systems to auto-discover services, classify L7 protocols, and extract: RED metrics from both plaintext and TLS traffic
Solve complex challenges around protocol parsing, encryption handling, and performance at the kernel level
Ensure broad compatibility across Linux kernel versions, distributions, and diverse customer environments
Collaborate across teams to drive technical direction, improve reliability,: and scale the system for production use
You have significant experience in backend or systems-level development, with: strong proficiency in Go or similar languages (C/C++)
What they're looking for
- You’re comfortable working close to the Linux kernel and have experience (or: interest) in eBPF, networking, or observability tooling
- You care deeply about performance and efficiency
- You’ve built or operated scalable systems in complex environments and: understand how to design for reliability and compatibility
- You thrive in a fast-paced, technically deep environment, and are excited to: solve hard problems with a small, focused team
