Senior Software Engineer - API Clients

The API Clients team is responsible for the open source libraries and tools that allow Datadog customers to interact with the Datadog platform. This team is directly responsible for maintaining the public and internal client libraries and SDKs, managing the code generation pipeline, Terraform provider, as well as working closely with product teams to safely release API specification changes across multiple languages.

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.

What You’ll Do: 

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Software Engineers

• Contribute to our generated multi-language client SDKs, written in Go, Java, Typescript, Python, and Ruby, using our open source tools like apigentools

• Identify opportunities for automation of manual processes around API specification and code generation

• Design and build tooling and processes to deliver multi-language client generation internally to Datadog engineers

• Work closely with product teams to streamline release of API and documentation changes

• Help define API standards and build tooling for maintaining these standards across all of Datadog

Who You Are: 

• You have 5+ years of experience contributing to a software engineering team

• You have experience with building and maintaining web frameworks and libraries and are familiar with open source frameworks

• You are knowledgeable of best practices and standards for code generation, APIs, and one or more language

• You have experience with building and maintaining APIs

• You care about the developer experience and continually strive to drive improvements

• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience

This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. 

Benefits and Growth: 

• 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

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

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