Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Scalability (Lisbon)

We're looking for experienced backend engineers to take ownership of critical services and deepen their expertise in distributed systems at Datadog. The role involves designing and building reliable backend services, collaborating with other engineers, and contributing to team culture.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building backend software in production, using languages like Go, Python, Java, C++, or Rust
• Contributed to the design and development of backend services or APIs, and enjoy solving real-world engineering problems
• Exposure to distributed systems (e.g., fault tolerance, messaging, scalability) and are excited to deepen your expertise

Benefits

• New hire stock equity (RSUs)
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog 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