Join Datadog as a Senior Software Engineer to enhance developer productivity with innovative build and packaging tools in a hybrid work environment.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 3 days ago
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the senior software engineer will develop and enhance build, test, and packaging tools that streamline the workflow for Datadog's extensive developer base. Proficiency in Bazel and familiarity with languages like Go, Python, and Java are essential, as the engineer will tackle both new and existing projects while ensuring high performance and reliability. This position is ideal for experienced engineers who thrive in complex environments and are committed to improving user experience for their peers. The team is rapidly expanding, reflecting Datadog's growth and the increasing demands of its monorepo.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 3 months ago — first seen on Joblaze July 30, 2026. Last confirmed on Datadog's careers page October 28, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 98% of 236 comparable senior backend roles that list Python we track (median $165,000 across 81 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 31.4% of 1274 comparable senior backend roles; Bazel appears in 0.4% of 1274 comparable senior backend roles.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer - Bazel Tools role remote?
- It's hybrid — Datadog expects some on-site time in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USA.
- What's the salary range?
- Datadog lists $244,000–$305,000 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Datadog is hiring for this position in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Bazel, Go, Java, Python, Rust, TypeScript.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Datadog targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer - Bazel Tools role at Datadog.
From the original posting
The Language Tools team enables ~1,500 Datadog developers to build, test, and package millions of lines of Go, Python, Java, Rust, and TypeScript in our backend monorepo. Our success is measured by their productivity and satisfaction. They use the tools that we develop and support several times a day, in both development and CI environments. We use the Bazel open source build system as a foundation.
The team is growing rapidly, both with Datadog and as we absorb other repositories into the monorepo. As a senior software engineer on the team, you will own projects from start to finish, both greenfield and brownfield. You will gain first-hand understanding of what Datadog developers need, and inform our roadmap.
At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
What You’ll Do:
- Invent build, test and packaging tools that are simpler and more reliable to use.
- Push performance and cost efficiency at scale, raising cache hit rates and cutting CI times and compute spend across millions of targets.
- Treat CI like SREs treat prod, making sure our pipelines are green and fast.
- Prepare, run, and finish complex migrations.
- Contribute back to the Bazel ecosystem, upstreaming fixes and shaping features we depend on.
Who You Are:
- An expert in Bazel and/or one of the languages listed above.
- A well-rounded engineer. You must broadly understand the various types of software projects that are built, tested, and packaged with our tools.
- Both careful and fearless. The changes we make impact the velocity of hundreds of engineers. They are risky but necessary.
- User-focused. We help Datadog engineers to use the tools that we develop, and continuously improve their usability, so they don’t need our help the next time.
- Ideally, you have experience working with a large codebase.
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
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.
About Datadog:
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