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# Software Engineer - Distributed Systems (ODP Governance)

- **Company:** Datadog
- **Location:** Paris, France (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Datadog
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers.datadoghq.com/detail/8305790/?gh_jid=8305790

## About the Role

* You have 6+ years of experience
 * You have significant backend programming experience in one or more languages (Go, Java, Rust, C++)
 * Distributed systems engineer with experience building high performance large scale systems.
 * Excellent communication skills (English).
 * High proactivity and cross-team collaboration experience
 * 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