Senior Software Engineer - XPQ

Senior Software Engineer - XPQ

The Cross-Product Queries (XPQ) team designs, builds, and operates query languages, systems, and services that join, aggregate, and transform the observability data that reside in Elegible Datadog’s petabyte‑scale storage systems—such as metrics, logs, and application traces. The platform serves live traffic of thousands of queries per second, powering key Datadog product features.

• Build and operate query execution engines, working on query planning, cost‑based optimization, and writing operators.
• Dive deep into the query language design and syntax to build new language features to meet user needs.
• Build fault‑tolerant, horizontally scalable solutions running in multi‑tenant environments.
• Write code in Go, Java, Rust, or C++ (amongst other languages).
• Own meaningful parts of our service, have an impact, and grow with the company.

• You have FUNCTIONS: A BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience.
• You have significant backend programming experience in one or more languages (Go, Java, Rust, C++).
• You have interest or experience with query processing and/or database internals.
• You have been exposed to working on problems involving high durability and low latency.
• You can get down to the low‑level when needed.
• You care about simple designs and performance.
• You want to work in a fast, high‑growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customers.

• New‑hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Intra‑departmental mentor and buddy program for in‑house networking.
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (employee resource groups).
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions.
• Free, global mental‑health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
• Competitive global benefits.
• Benefits and growth may vary based on the country of employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog是真要指定.

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• Go
• Java
• Rust
• C++