Backend Software Engineer - Datadog

About the Role:
We are seeking a talented Backend Software Engineer to join our Core Infrastructure team. You will design, build, and maintain high-throughput distributed microservices handling telemetry and observability data at massive scale.

Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement highly reliable REST and gRPC microservices using Python and Go.
- Optimize distributed storage systems, relational databases (PostgreSQL), and key-value datastores (Redis).
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes in AWS cloud environments.
- Drive latency optimization, p99 tail latency reduction, and observability monitoring using Prometheus/Grafana.
- Collaborate with product and platform teams to ensure 99.99% service availability.

Requirements & Qualifications:
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in Python (FastAPI / Django) or Go.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, query tuning, and Redis caching.
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with CI/CD automation, distributed systems, and Kafka or message queues is a big plus.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

