Senior Software Engineer - IDE Integrations (VS Code & Cursor)

Datadog
Municipality of Madrid, Spain
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Municipality of Madrid, Spain

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements)
Programming Tools
Python
Microsoft Visual Studio
Systems Integration
TypeScript
Datadog
Network Server
Programming Languages

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - IDE Integrations (VS Code & Cursor) Datadog Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain As a Software Engineer on the IDE Integrations team, you'll help bring Datadog's observability and AI capabilities directly into developers' everyday workflows-specifically within Cursor and Visual Studio Code. You will be responsible for integrating Datadog services and technologies directly into the Datadog extension for Cursor & VS Code. You'll build features and tools that empower engineers to understand their code and systems in real time, leveraging Datadog's runtime data and analytics directly inside their editor. What You'll Do * Design and implement developer tools that surface Datadog observability data within VS Code and Cursor * Collaborate with product and engineering teams across Datadog, working on products such as Logs, Error Tracking, Dynamic Instrumentation and the Datadog MCP Server * Own a key piece of a high-visibility, user-facing product that directly

Requirements

impacts developer experience Who You Are * 7+ Years experience in integrations * Experienced in creating developer tools or IDE extensions * A rapid experimenter who can iterate quickly on product ideas * Passionate about AI-assisted development and improving developer workflows * Pragmatic and focused on simplicity, performance, and usability * Proficiency in multiple programming languages, ideally Typescript + (e.g., Python, Go, Rust) Bonus Points * Experience building VS Code extensions, Language Servers (LSP), or similar developer integrations * Comfortable working in distributed teams * Skilled at writing testable, maintainable code and ensuring smooth CI/CD integration 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

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