Staff Engineer, Compute
Core
Define how Kubernetes fleets scale to meet AI and cloud-native workload demands across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
Role type
Staff IC infrastructure engineer (Kubernetes capacity orchestration)
Builds
Multi-cloud capacity management systems and workload placement automation for Datadog's Kubernetes platform
Domain
Cloud infrastructure + Kubernetes + AI workloads
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale Kubernetes system design, Go programming, distributed cloud infrastructure, capacity forecasting, technical leadership, multi-region architecture
Preferred skills
Experience with operational data analysis, cross-team collaboration
Technologies
Kubernetes, Go, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
Responsibilities
Lead technical direction for capacity management and workload placement, design systems to optimize workload scheduling across regions, partner on multi-cloud capacity orchestration, develop production software in Go, use data signals to forecast growth and improve placement strategies
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership