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Staff Software Engineer - PostgreSQL

Posted 4 Hours Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in New York, NY
Senior level
Remote
Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in New York, NY
Senior level
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead high-priority projects focused on enhancing database monitoring and performance for PostgreSQL. You'll design tooling, develop heuristics for customer workloads, and ensure the technical excellence of the Database Monitoring team.
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The Database Monitoring team at Datadog is building an industry-revolutionizing product to automatically pinpoint our customers' database problems and proactively improve query performance. Join a successful product team transforming the way our industry operates data stores. Some examples of projects you will execute on include:

  • Author Postgres extensions for increased performance visibility (e.g. pg_tracing )
  • Identify and contribute core changes to Postgres relating to the query protocol, pg_stat* views, and more
  • Develop heuristics and automated recommendations for customers' workloads such as optimal autovacuum settings and GUC parameter tuning
  • Build observability telemetry into client-side language drivers (e.g. JDBC) and connection pools
  • Lead development of greenfield tooling for the Postgres ecosystem from the ground up


What You'll Do:

  • Design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects like the ones described above
  • Provide technical leadership to the Database Monitoring team and peer teams
  • Be a driving force in growing the product's adoption by 10X
  • Define enduring architectures to support a rapidly growing team and user base


Who You Are:

  • You have strong familiarity with Postgres internals
  • You have contributed directly to Postgres in the past and/or have substantial contributions to tooling in the relational database ecosystem
  • You are excited about the opportunity to work with customers directly, understand their workflows, and build industry-leading experiences for them
  • You have led impactful technical initiatives in an environment where performance, cost efficiency, ease of use, and resilience/operability are first-order concerns


If these sound exciting to you, let's talk!
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.
The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:
$234,000 - $300,000 USD
About Datadog:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers' entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram , LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
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