Senior Software Engineer - Bazel Tools

The Language Tools team enables ~1,500 Datadog developers to build, test, and package millions of lines of Go, Python, Java, Rust, and TypeScript in our backend monorepo. We use the Bazel open source build system as a foundation. As a senior software engineer on the team, you will own projects from start to finish, both greenfield and brownfield.

• Invent build, test and packaging tools that are simpler and more reliable to use.
• Push performance and cost efficiency at scale, raising cache hit rates and cutting CI times and compute spend across millions of targets.
• Treat CI like SREs treat prod, making sure our pipelines are green and fast.
• Prepare, run, and finish complex migrations.
• Contribute back to the Bazel ecosystem, upstreaming fixes and shaping features we depend on.

• An expert in Bazel and/or one of the languages listed above.
• A well-rounded engineer with broad understanding of software projects.
• Both careful and fearless, as changes impact the velocity of hundreds of engineers.
• User-focused, helping Datadog engineers use the tools we develop.
• Ideally, experience working with a large codebase.

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program
• Inclusive company culture, Community Guilds, Inclusion Talks
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, including healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan. The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role is $244,000—$305,000 USD.