Senior Software Engineer - Data Science
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About the Role
The Data Science team at Datadog designs and builds algorithmically driven features in the Datadog app, focusing on analysis on streaming data, such as anomaly detection, error outliers, and faulty deployment analysis. As a Software Engineer on the Data Science team, you will help design, build, and scale backend systems that power our growing suite of Watchdog products.
Key Responsibilities
- Build common services and components encapsulating data science capabilities for other products and teams to leverage.
- Enable new capabilities for our core products by integrating and preprocessing data from tens of sources and preparing it for incorporation into data science models.
- Ensure our data science-driven features continue to scale well as Datadog adds more customers and ingests more data per customer.
- Leverage modern tools and frameworks to improve the performance and cost-efficiency of data science services.
- Join an amazing team of data scientists and software engineers building a product that our customers love to use.
- Work all over the stack, moving fluidly between programming languages and technologies.
About the Candidate
The ideal candidate will:
- Have experience working in Python, Java, Scala, or Go.
- Be familiar with microservices and/or distributed systems.
- Value simplicity and getting the right things done.
- Possess experience with high-volume data pipelines at a senior level.
- Have expertise in Python, Go, or Scala, and be familiar with Spark or Flink.
Datadog values individuals from various backgrounds. We understand that not everyone will meet all the qualifications right away; passion for technology and a desire to grow your skills is what we prioritize.
About the Company
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business providing a rare mix of growth and profitability. On a mission to simplify and solve complexities in the cloud era, Datadog facilitates digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers for engineers, we cater to organizations across different industries.
Company Culture and Benefits
- Competitive global benefits.
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Opportunities to collaborate closely with colleagues in the New York City and Paris offices.
- The chance to attend and present at conferences and meetups.
- An intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for networking.
- An inclusive company culture with opportunities to join Community Guilds (employee resource groups). Datadog is an Equal Opportunity Employer, proud to provide equal employment opportunities for all individuals regardless of various factors including race, religion, disability, gender identity, and more. Learn more about our equal opportunity policies and how we prioritize your privacy regarding your application.