Datadog
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-Linux/eBPF
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“Senior Software Engineer- Linux/eBPF at Datadog. Skills: Linux, eBPF, Kernel, GPU Monitoring. Contribute to GPU Monitoring feature development. Build and maintain shared eBPF functionality”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure data quality at scale; give customers deep visibility into GPU utilization
Industry & Context.
solving problems for our customers; hard problems in the eBPF and GPU monitoring space
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
experience working with and developing in the Linux kernel, building low level programs in C, significant experience building high throughput/low latency systems, building applications and tooling for 5+ years, know the systems you’ve worked on in depth, ability to work effectively in a team
Nice to Have
experience using eBPF, experience as a kernel developer, passionate about technology, want to grow your skills
What You'll Do.
Contribute to GPU Monitoring feature development
Build and maintain shared eBPF functionality
Investigate and debug complex production issues
and document solutions
Provide technical input to product and architecture decisions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work across the broader eBPF platform; enable new teams exploring eBPF; centralize deep kernel expertise; work effectively in a team; work with product teams
Full Job Description
The eBPF Platform team owns the shared eBPF infrastructure inside the Datadog Agent, and is responsible for its reliability, performance, and evolution across a wide variety of Linux distributions and kernel versions. We build tooling and agent functionality for product teams utilizing eBPF (Network Performance Monitoring, Universal Service Monitoring, Cloud Workload Security, GPU Monitoring), enable new teams exploring eBPF, and centralize deep kernel expertise across the organization. The team contributes to open source projects such as btfhub and cilium/ebpf. Datadog is investing heavily in GPU Monitoring to give customers deep visibility into GPU utilization, health, and performance across their infrastructure. The eBPF Platform team builds the agent-side foundation that makes this possible, from eBPF programs that capture GPU activity at the kernel level, to the metrics pipelines and validation infrastructure that ensure data quality at scale. In this role, you will work at the intersection of eBPF, the Linux kernel, and GPU infrastructure. You'll contribute to GPU Monitoring capabilities within the Datadog Agent while also working across the broader eBPF platform, investigating production incidents, improving reliability, and helping shape the architecture of one of the most widely deployed eBPF solutions in the industry. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Contribute to GPU Monitoring feature development end-to-end, from ideation to implementation within the Datadog Agent Build and maintain shared eBPF functionality for product teams to use in their eBPF-based products Investigate and debug complex production issues that span the kernel, eBPF programs, and agent runtime Research, prototype, develop, and document solutions to hard probl
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