Staff Engineer, Compute
As a Staff Engineer on Datadog's Compute – Disruption and Workload Placement team, you'll help define how our Kubernetes fleet scales to mee…
This new team will architect the platform foundation and infrastructure that enables a "build once, run anywhere" model, ensuring our AI-powered modernisation suite operates seamlessly regardless of a client's security or network constraints. We are looking for engineers to join this high-visibility initiative, where you will solve unique distributed systems puzzles and help shape the future of how global enterprises leverage GenAI.
We are looking for an experienced software engineer who thrives on solving infrastructure constraints and building enterprise facing platforms.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can architect complex distributed systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to deliver a platform that minimizes deployment friction and meets customers’ compliance requirements.
This role can be based out of our Gurgaon office or Remotely in India.
The ideal candidate for this role will have
8+ years of software development and operations experience, with a focus on building platforms and distributable software infrastructure
2+ years of experience leading, coaching, and mentoring a team of engineers to achieve high-impact results
Deep experience designing distributable applications that run in air-gapped or highly restricted network environments
Strong proficiency in containerization and orchestration, with the ability to design systems where the host executes containerized applications under strict security monitoring
Experience building Service Host architectures that provide shared routing, proxy layers, and API gateways for multiple underlying services
Experience managing persistent storage solutions (blob/file storage) within distributed systems
Understanding of security-first design, specifically regarding the execution of untrusted code, fine-grain access control, and rigorous input validation
Experience designing auto-update mechanisms for software that cannot directly access the public internet
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£45,000 – £60,000 (Glassdoor, Levels.fyi, 2025)
As a Staff Engineer on Datadog's Compute – Disruption and Workload Placement team, you'll help define how our Kubernetes fleet scales to mee…
As a Staff Engineer on Datadog's Compute – Disruption and Workload Placement team, you'll help define how our Kubernetes fleet scales to mee…
The Application Modernization Platform (AMP) team is tackling one of the industry's most critical challenges: leveraging Generative AI to tr…
The Application Modernization Platform (AMP) team is tackling one of the industry's most critical challenges: leveraging Generative AI to tr…
The Application Modernization Platform (AMP) team is tackling one of the industry's most critical challenges: leveraging Generative AI to tr…
The Application Modernization Platform (AMP) team is tackling one of the industry's most critical challenges: leveraging Generative AI to tr…