Datadog
Senior Software Engineer - Frontend
New York, New York, USA · Senior
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$7,717 more — $137,717 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $137,717 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- Our users are also developers so you will feel close to the product and have an impact on the development world.
- Datadog values people from all walks of life.
- We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with backend engineers, product managers and designers to inform/refine/validate design concepts
- Design and deliver features that have direct impact on thousands of users
- Experiment with and advocate for new systems, design patterns, and tooling
- Use and contribute to a best-in-class in-house design system
- Own meaningful parts of our service, improve performance and address scalability limits
- You're excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build - or eager to learn how
- Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
Requirements
- You have been designing and engineering UIs for several years
- You are familiar with data structures and algorithms, profiling and optimization
- 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.
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds
Compensation
- $130,000 - $300,000 USD
Benefits
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
- Free global mental health benefit through Spring Health
- Generous global benefits
- Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation.
- Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Company info
- Your work will help thousands of customers to monitor the health and performance of their systems, no matter the scale.
- You will work on complex frontend challenges for thousands of customers with huge sets of data and work on exciting scalability and performance challenges.
- You will be part of a front-end community of 200+ passionate frontend engineers and you will be surrounded by experts.
- Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale.
- It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
- This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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 governme
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