Senior Software Engineer - AI Code Generation Specialist

About Datadog: At Datadog, we are dedicated to creating the most robust platform for engineers to comprehend and scale their systems, applications, and teams. Our operations are characterized by high scalability—handling trillions of data points daily—and we provide reliable alerting, metrics visualization, logging, and application tracing for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture is rooted in values of pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity, allowing us to tackle complex problems effectively. The Opportunity: As a Senior Staff Engineer at Datadog, you will take on a pivotal role as a technical leader, driving the design and implementation of large-scale systems that will underpin our growth for the next five years and beyond. Your impact will manifest in three key areas: Individual Contributor: Leverage your exceptional technical expertise to develop industry-leading systems in domains such as observability data platforms, distributed query engines, and real-time event streaming at a global scale. Technical Leadership: Utilize your broad architectural perspective and profound systems thinking to align design decisions across various teams and domains, navigating complex, multi-team challenges to define long-term technical strategies and propel large-scale initiatives forward. Engineering Stewardship: Play a crucial role in the evolution of our systems and engineering culture by actively engaging with Datadog’s senior technical community, incorporating external insights and internal experiences to elevate our engineering practices.

Datadog is on an exciting journey to redefine the aesthetics and functionality of our products. We are assembling a dynamic, high-impact Design Lab team to spearhead this transformation, and we invite you to join us as a Senior Staff Visual Designer.Our design system is the backbone of everything we deliver. As we venture into AI-enhanced experiences and increasingly intricate product interfaces, we require a visual language that evolves alongside these advancements. We seek a visionary with discerning taste, strong judgment, and the assurance to influence the user experience at scale.At Datadog, we value our workplace culture, fostering relationships, collaboration, and creativity. We operate in a hybrid work model, allowing our Datadogs to cultivate a work-life balance that suits their individual needs.

Join us as a Senior Interaction Designer in our Design Lab where you'll lead the charge in revolutionizing how motion and AI-driven interactions function across all Datadog products. Your expertise in motion design will enhance clarity, express the intelligence of our systems, and elevate craftsmanship across our product suite. The Design Lab sits at the crossroads of design and engineering, dedicated to refining our craft and developing shared design capabilities that facilitate outstanding user experiences at scale. Collaborate closely with design systems and product teams to evolve our visual language while ensuring its scalability across one of the most intricate SaaS platforms in the industry. This is an exhilarating opportunity for a visionary product creator eager to embrace emerging technologies and shape the future of large-scale design. You’ll work across multiple mediums—pixels, code, and AI—to advance Datadog’s design language, contribute to the design system, establish design patterns, evolve design tools, and foster excellence across various products. This role is ideal for someone passionate about empowering teams through innovative systems and enhancing motion design and visual craftsmanship throughout the product ecosystem. Your contributions will influence our entire ecosystem, steering the future of user experience through AI tools and prototyping. This is not a role focused on maintenance or governance; it’s a forward-looking position for a designer with refined visual sensibility and the ability to engage and inspire others. Our team thrives on strong cross-functional relationships, thoughtful critiques, and high standards. At Datadog, we value our office culture—the relationships and collaboration it fosters and the creativity it nurtures. We operate as a hybrid workplace, allowing our Datadogs to achieve a harmonious work-life balance that suits them best.

Role overview The Senior Accounting Manager at Datadog leads financial reporting and accounting operations from the New York office. This position centers on maintaining accuracy in financial data and ensuring all activities comply with current accounting standards and regulations. Main responsibilities Direct financial reporting and oversee daily accounting processes Ensure all practices align with accounting standards and meet regulatory requirements Foster accuracy and efficiency across the accounting team Deliver reliable financial data to support strategic planning and decision-making Location This role is based in New York, New York, USA.

About the Team Datadog's Internal Audit group partners with teams across the company to protect and strengthen organizational value. The team focuses on risk-based assurance and practical advice, helping management address potential risks and improve processes. Role Overview The Senior Internal Auditor will support SOX testing and a range of audit projects. This position reports to the IT Senior Manager of Internal Audit and involves regular collaboration with global colleagues to identify and address technology risks. What You Will Do Lead and participate in audit and advisory projects covering areas such as cybersecurity, enterprise IT, data privacy and governance, finance, financial systems, revenue engineering, sales, operations, and Datadog's product platform Work closely with management to assess risks and recommend improvements Support SOX compliance testing and documentation Coordinate with global teams to ensure consistent audit practices Location This role is based in New York, NY.

Join Datadog as a Senior Staff Software Engineer where you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing our Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) Logs initiative. Your mission will be to integrate observability pipelines and on-prem log management, creating a seamless experience for our customers. This position emphasizes the design and scaling of systems that handle, route, and store high volumes of observability data within client-managed infrastructures. As a hands-on technical leader, you'll guide architecture decisions, oversee cross-team project deliveries, and steer product direction in a dynamic environment. This is a unique opportunity to impact product strategy, mentor fellow engineers, and tackle complex technical challenges at scale.At Datadog, we cherish our office culture, fostering collaboration and creativity, and we've embraced a hybrid work model to support our Datadogs in achieving a harmonious work-life balance.

Role overview Datadog is hiring an Engineering Manager II to lead source security efforts in New York. This position guides a team of engineers focused on strengthening security protocols and protecting Datadog’s systems. The manager’s leadership shapes how the team responds to emerging security threats and maintains product protection as risks change. What you will do Lead and mentor a team of engineers focused on source security projects Develop and improve protocols that safeguard company systems Collaborate with teams across the organization to design, implement, and monitor security measures Encourage security awareness and proactive risk management within engineering Support the integration of security best practices throughout the software development process Location This position is based in New York, New York, USA.

The Opportunity Join Datadog as a forward-thinking and results-driven Senior Sales Curriculum Manager to architect, implement, and expand global Sales Enablement initiatives for our Enterprise Sales and Mid-Market Sales teams. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Enablement Curriculum, and collaborating with a diverse Enablement team, you will pinpoint business needs and partner with stakeholders to design and deliver exceptional learning experiences. This role demands a combination of instructional design proficiency, sales insight, and analytical decision-making. At Datadog, we cherish our workplace culture—valuing the connections and collaboration it fosters, as well as the creativity it inspires. Our hybrid work model empowers Datadogs to achieve a work-life balance that works for them.

The Talent team at Datadog is dedicated to crafting and implementing innovative programs that enhance performance, cultivate leadership, and ensure our workforce is equipped for growth and scalability. We collaborate closely with People Business Partners, business leaders, and various People teams to address the most intricate talent challenges the organization encounters. The Senior Talent Partner position is a key individual contributor role aimed at spearheading strategic, high-impact talent initiatives for one of Datadog's largest divisions, either GTM or Engineering. At Datadog, we cherish our office culture, valuing the relationships and collaboration it fosters, along with the creativity it inspires. We embrace a hybrid work environment, allowing our Datadogs to achieve the work-life balance that suits them best.

Join Datadog's Strategic Finance team, where we harness data from both our platform and external sources to generate actionable insights that drive meaningful change across the organization. Our team conducts comprehensive analyses of our products and business activities to identify long-term opportunities, set forecasts, and establish ambitious goals. We provide executives and business leaders with industry benchmarks and competitive insights while offering immediate feedback by examining internal usage data. Additionally, we collaborate cross-functionally to assess strategic business and go-to-market initiatives.As a Strategic Finance Associate, you will be pivotal in collecting, transforming, analyzing, and communicating critical data to stakeholders across various departments. Your expertise will help convert data into insightful reports, highlighting key takeaways and actionable items that facilitate Datadog's growth and scalability.We value a vibrant office culture at Datadog, fostering collaboration and creativity among our team members. Our hybrid workplace model supports a work-life balance tailored to the unique needs of our Datadogs.

Join our innovative Community Open Source Engineering team as a Senior Software Engineer, where you'll be pivotal in expanding the Quickwit OSS community and guiding the quickwit-oss project portfolio. Your expertise will be essential in enhancing the quickwit and tantivy projects, ensuring the happiness of our community, streamlining the release processes, and contributing to overall operations. This hybrid role emphasizes software engineering while also requiring a significant focus on technical writing, including crafting informative blog posts and comprehensive technical guides.The Community Open Source Engineering team is dedicated to nurturing engagement and directing the development of Datadog's open-source initiatives, which extend beyond our core product and security research. We prioritize community involvement, maintain software quality and security, and strategically develop new features to provide value to both the open-source community and our organization. As a member of this compact team, you will have a substantial impact on shaping the future direction of Community Open Source Engineering.At Datadog, we cherish our workplace culture, emphasizing the relationships and collaboration that foster creativity and innovation. Our hybrid work model allows Datadogs to establish a work-life balance that suits their individual needs.

Role Overview Datadog is looking for a Senior Software Engineer focused on Distributed Systems to join teams in Boston, MA or New York, NY. This role centers on designing, building, and maintaining the core platforms that power Datadog’s applications. These systems handle data at massive scale, supporting real-time ingestion, storage, analysis, and querying of billions of events from customers worldwide. What You Will Do Design and implement distributed data pipelines built for durability, high availability, and low latency Operate and improve platforms that support internet-scale workloads Ensure systems are reliable and efficient for real-time analytics Workplace and Culture Datadog values a lively office culture that encourages creativity, teamwork, and strong connections among colleagues. The company offers a hybrid workplace model to support work-life balance.

Join Datadog as a People Business Partner (PBP) in the vibrant city of New York, where you will collaborate closely with our leadership and People team to support our expanding global organization. This role is integral in addressing the diverse needs of employees while strategically advancing all People programs and initiatives. With Datadog's remarkable growth trajectory, there is ample opportunity for learning and contribution within our rapidly scaling team. At Datadog, we cherish our office culture, valuing the relationships and collaboration it fosters, along with the creativity it inspires. Our hybrid workplace model allows Datadogs to achieve a work-life harmony that suits them best.

Join Datadog as a Staff Engineer within our Logs organization and play a pivotal role in revolutionizing the way our clients manage, query, and extract insights from log data. Collaborate closely with Product Managers and customers to spearhead intricate projects across ingestion pipelines, search infrastructure, and intelligent log management functions. This position offers the chance to push the limits of AI and distributed systems while leading initiatives that will define the next era of log management. At Datadog, we prioritize a vibrant office culture that fosters collaboration and creativity. Our hybrid work model allows our team members to achieve a work-life balance that suits their individual needs.

Join Datadog’s Implementation Services team, where we empower customers to swiftly implement and deploy the Datadog platform. As a key architect, you will spearhead the discovery, design, build, and launch processes, ensuring our clients achieve maximum value from their investment. Your role will include crafting a detailed technical roadmap for each implementation, guiding customers through every phase of their journey.At Datadog, we cherish our office culture, which fosters collaboration, creativity, and strong relationships. Our hybrid workplace model promotes work-life harmony, allowing our Datadogs to thrive both personally and professionally.

About ValonValon is pioneering the AI-driven operating system for regulated finance, initially focusing on mortgage servicing. As a Series C company backed by a16z, we are redefining industries previously deemed too intricate for innovation. Instead of relying on outdated legacy systems, we've established our own mortgage servicing enterprise, managing over $110 billion in loans. This hands-on experience has equipped us with the insights necessary to develop software that excels in highly regulated sectors.The results are evident. We have revolutionized mortgage servicing, transforming it from a 0% margin business to one boasting over 60% margins while significantly enhancing customer satisfaction. Major enterprise contracts are now being rolled out across the industry.Our unified platform, ValonOS, streamlines processes and is ideally suited for the AI era. With all operations interconnected through one comprehensive system enriched with data, our AI agents can not only automate various tasks but also drive continuous operational improvements. Mortgage servicing is just the beginning of our expansive vision to revolutionize regulated industries and beyond.Engineering at ValonWe are assembling a top-tier engineering team dedicated to automating one of the most heavily regulated sectors in finance—the mortgage and housing industry. Our team is comprised of professionals from prestigious companies such as Google, Facebook, Spotify, Oscar Health, and Twilio. You will collaborate with a close-knit group of engineers to develop a flexible backend architecture capable of managing billions of dollars at scale. Your contributions will be critical in fulfilling Valon’s mission to enhance user experiences for homeowners managing their mortgages, delivered through a platform that quickly and reliably rolls out new features. Our technology stack includes Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform.Our headquarters are located in New York City, with an exciting new office set to open in San Francisco this year. We also fully support remote work!

The Senior Payroll Manager plays a pivotal role in guaranteeing precise, compliant, and timely payroll processing. This position emphasizes wage and tax reporting, spearheading payroll transformation initiatives, and leading a dedicated team. The ideal candidate will possess extensive technical payroll knowledge, coupled with project management skills and a results-oriented approach. The Senior Payroll Manager will be responsible for optimizing payroll operations across the United States, Canada, and Latin America (LATAM).At Datadog, we cherish our office culture, fostering relationships and collaboration, and igniting creativity. Our hybrid workplace model allows Datadogs the flexibility to achieve their ideal work-life balance.

Role overview The Senior Software Engineer at the City of New York will work on software that helps city departments deliver better services. The focus is on building and refining technology that supports municipal operations, aiming to make them more efficient and responsive. What you will do Design and develop software to support and enhance services provided by the city Work closely with colleagues who are committed to improving public service Use technical skills to address challenges faced by city operations Location This position is located in New York, NY.

The DataPUPS Early ID Summit is a one-day, in-person event hosted at Datadog’s New York City headquarters. This program is designed for rising sophomores (Class of 2029) who want to explore technology careers early in their college journey. Attendees will collaborate with engineers, develop technical skills, and observe how large-scale systems are built and maintained at Datadog. Participants will experience Datadog’s engineering culture firsthand. Those selected may also be considered for early access to future internships and ongoing engagement with the Early Talent team. What happens at the Summit Join hands-on technical workshops led by Datadog engineers. Attend talks and product sessions focused on real engineering challenges in production environments. Hear stories and advice from both early-career and senior employees about career growth and team selection. Learn about the internship recruiting process, including timelines, interview preparation, and what makes candidates stand out. Connect with engineers, product leaders, and peers in small group discussions. Who should apply Students who enjoy building projects outside of class. Participants in hackathons, coding competitions, or technical research. People who like to take systems apart to understand how they work. Curious thinkers who often ask “why?” and consider scaling challenges. Anyone interested in how AI and modern tools are shaping engineering today. Preferred qualifications Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s program in Computer Science or a related technical field, graduating in 2029. Strong interest in technical problem-solving. Open to exploring future opportunities in New York City or Boston. Available to attend the summit in person in NYC on June 22–23, 2026. Comfortable programming in at least one language (such as Python, Java, Go, C/C++, JavaScript, or similar). Key dates Applications due: May 4, 2026 Summit: June 22–23, 2026