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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - Frontend - **Company:** Datadog - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $300,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Profiling, Data Structures, Software Design Patterns, Datadog, Backend, Front End Software Development - **Published:** August 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://careers.datadoghq.com/detail/4732393/?gh_jid=4732393 ## About the Role * You have been designing and engineering UIs for several years * You’re a master of the Javascript ecosystem and you’re aware of the latest trends with frontend technologies * You know how to use design patterns to create simple and reusable components for complex UIs * You are familiar with data structures and algorithms, profiling and optimization * You value code simplicity, performance and details * You’re excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build – or eager to learn how * You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output * Bonus: you’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products ## Description As a Software Engineer - Frontend on a feature team, you'll be responsible for building an intuitive, responsive product. Your work will help thousands of customers to monitor the health and performance of their systems, no matter the scale. In this capacity, you’ll use tools like React and Typescript to help streamline the flow of data from platform to user, enable seamless pivots from one view to the next, and build a powerful yet easy-to-use platform. You will work on complex frontend challenges for thousands of customers with huge sets of data and work on exciting scalability and performance challenges. Our users are also developers so you will feel close to the product and have an impact on the development world. You will be part of a front-end community of 200+ passionate frontend engineers and you will be surrounded by experts. Join us to build the next generation of high-scale, data-powered features for our customers. 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: * Work closely with backend engineers, product managers and designers to inform/refine/validate design concepts * Break down complex features into distributable engineering tasks and rollout plans * Design and deliver features that have direct impact on thousands of users * Experiment with and advocate for new systems, design patterns, and tooling * Participate in hackathons, sync with other Front end engineers at the monthly demos meeting and yearly Front End summit * Use and contribute to a best-in-class in-house design system * Own meaningful parts of our service, improve performance and address scalability limits * Work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment that values diversity of talent, excellence of product, and exciting engineering challenges at scale ## Related Videos - [But, you're not Facebook](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/378-but-you-re-not-facebook) - [Profiling Symfony & PHP apps with Blackfire](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/265-profiling-symfony-php-apps-with-blackfire) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Debugging in the Dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1658-debugging-in-the-dark) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [What’s the Difference Between Frontend and Backend Development?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/240-what-s-the-difference-between-frontend-and-backend-development) - [Dev Digest 130 - The Diablo is in the details](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/470-dev-digest-130-the-diablo-is-in-the-details) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market)