Senior Software Engineer - Synthetics Platform

Experteer Overview In this role you will help expand and manage Datadog's Synthetics footprint across 30+ regions and multiple cloud providers. You'll design, build, and automate tooling to deploy and migrate Synthetics locations with zero downtime, while guiding developers on scalable architectures. You will work with cross-functional teams to shape infrastructure technologies that support the Synthetics product and ensure reliable production environments. This is a hands-on, impactful role at the intersection of cloud, distributed systems, and platform engineering, with a clear opportunity to influence scale and reliability. Compensation / Benefits * Deploy new Synthetics locations * Develop tooling to manage existing Synthetics locations * Design and build automated migration tools across regions and cloud providers * Help shape new infrastructure technologies for Synthetics * Provide expert guidance to Synthetics developers on architecture and service configuration Tasks * 5+ years of software engineering experience * Programming experience in Go or Python * Production experience in one or more cloud environments * Strong focus on correctness and efficient diagnostics in production * Infrastructure as code mindset and automation bias * Production experience with distributed compute/storage tools (Kubernetes, Cassandra, Postgres, Kafka, Redis) Key requirements * New hire stock equity (RSUs) * ESPP * professional development and career pathing * mentor and buddy program * inclusion initiatives and ERGs * mental health benefits and healthcare coverage

the of software engineering experience * Programming experience in Go or Python * Production experience in one or more cloud environments * Strong focus on correctness and efficient diagnostics in production * Infrastructure as code mindset and automation bias * Production experience with distributed compute/storage tools (Kubernetes, Cassandra, Postgres, Kafka, Redis) Key requirements * New hire stock equity (RSUs) * ESPP * professional development and career pathing * mentor and buddy program * inclusion initiatives and ERGs * mental health benefits and healthcare coverage