[Remote] Senior Software Engineer - Synthetics Platform

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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. The Senior Software Engineer on the Synthetics Platform team will be responsible for deploying new locations, developing management tooling, and shaping infrastructure technologies for Synthetics products.ResponsibilitiesDeploy new Synthetics locationsDevelop tooling to manage existing Synthetics locationsDesign, plan, develop tools to do various type of migrations in a fully automated way without any downtime in many regions/cloud providersHelp shape new infrastructure technologies serving the Synthetics productBe an expert helping Synthetics developers to make better architecture decisions and configure their servicesSkills5+ years of experience in software engineeringYou have programming experience with a structured programming language (Go, Python)You have experience running production environments within one or several Cloud environmentsYou value correctness and efficiency; you leave no stone unturned when diagnosing production issuesYou handle infrastructure with code because automation lets you focus on the more difficult and rewarding problemsYou have production experience with distributed compute/storage tools, e.g. Kubernetes, Cassandra, Postgres, Kafka, RedisBenefitsNew hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathingIntradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networkingAn inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussionsFree, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+Competitive global benefitsHealthcareDentalParental planningMental health benefitsA 401(k) plan and matchPaid time offFitness reimbursementsA discounted employee stock purchase planCompany OverviewDatadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.datadoghq.com.Company H1B SponsorshipDatadog has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 8 in 2026, 123 in 2025, 66 in 2024, 45 in 2023, 53 in 2022, 31 in 2021, 29 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.