Senior Software Engineer - Linux

## Responsibilities - Design and build core components of our zero-instrumentation APM product using eBPF and Go - Develop systems to auto-discover services, classify L7 protocols, and extract RED metrics from both plaintext and TLS traffic - Solve complex challenges around protocol parsing, encryption handling, and performance at the kernel level - Ensure broad compatibility across Linux kernel versions, distributions, and diverse customer environments - Collaborate across teams to drive technical direction, improve reliability, and scale the system for production use ## Requirements - You have significant experience in backend or systems-level development, with strong proficiency in Go or similar languages - You’re comfortable working close to the Linux kernel and have experience (or interest) in eBPF, networking, or observability tooling - You care deeply about performance and efficiency - You’ve built or operated scalable systems in complex environments and understand how to design for reliability and compatibility - You thrive in a fast-paced, technically deep environment, and are excited to solve hard problems with a small, focused team ## Nice to Have - Proficiency in Go is essential, and familiarity with networking protocols, TLS internals, or distributed tracing is a strong advantage ## Benefits - New hire stock equity (RSUs) and 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 At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. This role is a great fit for engineers who thrive on low-level, performance-sensitive problems, and want to shape the future of observability through cutting-edge kernel technology.