In Product Analytics, we consume and process data from multiple sources: clickstreams, user information, and data from third-party systems. Your work will be central to building a robust and flexible system that can ingest, manipulate, correlate and store all this data to have it efficiently queried by our end users.
What Youll Do:
Design, build, and maintain core backend systems for Product Analytics, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high performance
Drive technical architecture decisions in alignment with product goals and collaborate closely with frontend and platform teams
Work with our core platform teams to tailor Datadog's storage and query solutions to our needs
Create a strong team culture aligned with our engineering standards and our customer focus
Participate in hands-on engineering work including coding, code reviews, and design reviews
Requirements:
A seasoned backend engineer with deep expertise in designing and building distributed systems
Comfortable influencing technical direction without direct management authority, operating as a technical leader and mentor
Interested in working on an early stage project with many challenges to solve and a fast iteration cycle
You have a track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule and collaborating closely with product partners
Strong technician, particularly with Go, Java or SQL, who is interested in remaining a hands-on contributor
Youre excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build – or eager to learn how
A seasoned backend engineer with deep expertise in designing and building distributed systems
Comfortable influencing technical direction without direct management authority, operating as a technical leader and mentor
Interested in working on an early stage project with many challenges to solve and a fast iteration cycle
You have a track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule and collaborating closely with product partners
Strong technician, particularly with Go, Java or SQL, who is interested in remaining a hands-on contributor
Youre excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build – or eager to learn how
This position is open to all candidates.




















