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Senior Software Engineer

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-31 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build a query engine supporting efficient relationship traversals for high-scale infrastructure data ingestion and processing.

Role type

Senior IC backend software engineer (query engine & distributed systems)

Builds

REDAPL (Referential Data Platform) powering Datadog's Cloud Security, Resource Catalog, and Cost Management products

Domain

Cloud infrastructure observability, data ingestion, and distributed systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

distributed systems design, data store architecture, high-scale backend engineering, system reliability, technical leadership

Preferred skills

Graph Databases (Neo4j, Memgraph, JanusGraph, ArangoDB, Amazon Neptune, PuppyGraph), Apache Iceberg, query planning engines (Trino, Calcite, Substrait, DataFusion)

Technologies

Neo4j, Memgraph, JanusGraph, ArangoDB, Amazon Neptune, PuppyGraph, Apache Iceberg, Trino, Calcite, Substrait, DataFusion

Responsibilities

Build a query engine for efficient relationship traversals; drive high-priority platform projects for scalability; lead architectural decisions; identify system risks and design reliability solutions; collaborate with product teams on requirements and roadmaps

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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