Role Overview

Join Datadog as a Staff Software Engineer, Core Observability in Paris, France, and become a senior technical leader shaping the future of observability at global scale. Datadog is the leading monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, processing trillions of data points daily to provide always-on alerting, metrics visualization, logs, and application tracing for tens of thousands of companies. Our Core Observability team ensures internal use cases are met with unmatched reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency—using our own platform at Datadog scale.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll architect resilient systems, influence product roadmaps, and drive multi-team initiatives impacting both internal teams and external customers. This hybrid role in Paris offers work-life harmony while immersing you in our collaborative office culture that fosters creativity and relationships. If you thrive in high-scale environments valuing pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity, this is your chance to elevate engineering quality organization-wide.

Key Responsibilities at Datadog

In this critical role, you'll tackle hard problems the right way, leading observability engineering at the forefront of cloud monitoring innovation:

• Translate organization-wide observability needs into actionable technical strategies that influence product roadmaps and engineering priorities.
• Lead delivery of complex, multi-org initiatives—from problem framing through production deployment—at global scale.
• Architect resilient, scalable solutions to cross-org challenges including disaster recovery, telemetry ingestion, and multi-region readiness.
• Partner with engineering, infrastructure, product, and security teams to align observability practices, improve internal platforms, and shape roadmap direction.
• Improve operational excellence company-wide by refining SLOs, on-call processes, automation, and runbooks to reduce risk and boost reliability.
• Act as the senior technical authority for all telemetry production and consumption, guiding long-term strategy and alignment.
• Mentor senior engineers, influence design principles, and elevate technical standards across the Core Observability domain.
• Drive cross-functional impact benefiting internal stakeholders and Datadog customers worldwide.

Qualifications & Requirements

We're seeking a proven leader with deep expertise in observability and distributed systems. You don't need to match every qualification—passion for technology and growth mindset are key:

• 8+ years in software or systems engineering focused on large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in observability domains: metrics, logs, traces, telemetry pipelines, reliability frameworks.
• Proven operational experience owning critical infrastructure, including on-call participation.
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity, turning complex challenges into clear action plans.
• Experience leading long-term architectural transformations and cross-org initiatives.
• Strong communicator building alignment across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Highly autonomous, impact-driven with a track record of solving high-leverage problems.

Datadog values diverse backgrounds and encourages applications from those eager to grow in cloud observability, DevOps, and modern software development.

Salary & Benefits

Competitive compensation for Staff Software Engineer roles in Paris ranges from €95,000 to €145,000 annually, based on experience. Plus, comprehensive perks:

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, career pathing.
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for networking.
• Inclusive culture with Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks.
• Free global mental health benefits for employees and dependents 6+.
• Competitive health insurance for family, commuter benefits, fitness reimbursements.

Benefits vary by country but emphasize work-life harmony in our hybrid Paris office.

Why Join Datadog?

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS leader delivering growth and profitability, breaking down silos in the cloud age. Work on trillions of data points daily, powering digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring for the world's top companies. Our engineering culture prioritizes pragmatism to solve hard problems, with opportunities to mentor, influence strategy, and scale observability systems. Paris team members enjoy collaborative hybrid work, global impact, and a supportive environment fostering innovation in cloud observability, DevOps, and beyond. Join us to shape the future of monitoring and security platforms.

Datadog's commitment to diversity means we build teams from all walks of life, enhancing creativity and problem-solving at scale.

How to Apply

Ready to lead Core Observability at Datadog? Apply now for the Staff Software Engineer role in Paris. Submit your resume highlighting distributed systems, telemetry, and leadership experience. We're moving fast—don't miss this chance to join a high-growth team driving cloud innovation. Apply today and start building the best platform for engineers worldwide!