Library Software Engineer - Go

Datadog is building world-class observability products that monitor services in  complex systems. We are looking for an expert Go developer who can help push our open source Go library to the next level. Come and join us to build amazing open source software.

What You'll Do:

• Write open source code that instruments thousands of distributed applications written in Go around the world.
• Drive our open source Go projects, such as our client Go library or agent, and engage with the community to find and address the most important challenges.
• Work on cutting edge solutions by solving technical challenges specific to Go.
• Join a great team building software the right way.
• Participate in public conferences to share with the Go community.

Who You Are:

• You’re a master Go programmer. You’ve written high-performance and concurrent applications, know your way around Go development tools such as `go tool pprof`. You don’t reinvent the wheel but you prefer keeping your code concise and efficient.
• You can drive hard technical conversations towards a good solution.
• You want to work in a fast, high growth startup environment.
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field.

Bonus Points:

• You have experience with C.
• You have experience with code instrumentation, telemetry and introspection.
• You have experience with agent/daemon’s programming.
• You have experience with distributed systems.

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth: 

• 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

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

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