Datadog
Observability and Security Platform
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-REDAPLGraphEngine
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“Senior Software Engineer - REDAPL Graph Engine at Datadog. Skills: Graph Databases, Distributed systems, Query engines. Build a query engine. Support efficient relationship traversals”
What You'll Achieve.
Increase platform's value; Increase platform's resilience; Increase platform's scalability; Accelerate development
Industry & Context.
Design solutions to address risks
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience, Extensive experience with multiple types of data stores, Contributions to initiatives in a platform or infrastructure-focused environment, Led impactful technical initiatives where performance, cost efficiency, ease of use, and resilience/operability are first-order concerns, Significant back-end engineering experience, Built and operated distributed systems at high scale
Nice to Have
Experience working with Graph Databases such as Neo4j, Memgraph, JanusGraph, ArangoDB, Amazon Neptune or PuppyGraph, Production-grade experience with Apache Iceberg, Solid grasp of query planning or contributed to production-grade query engines or related projects (e.g. Trino, Calcite, Substrait, DataFusion), Open-source contributions or PMC membership on projects
What You'll Do.
Support efficient relationship traversals
Drive high-priority projects
Increase platform value
Increase platform resilience
Increase platform scalability
Lead and guide engineers
Identify system risks
Design solutions for risks
Provide input on initiatives
Collaborate with product teams
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate on projects; Collaborate with internal product teams; Work with skilled, knowledgeable, and kind teammates
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us take REDAPL, our Referential Data Platform, to the next level. REDAPL is Datadog's main platform for tracking our customers' infrastructure resources and relationships. The platform enables products where customers can understand, keep track of, and gain insights into their infrastructure related to performance, cost, security, and more. Many Datadog products use REDAPL today such Cloud Security Posture Management, Resource Catalog, Cloud Cost Management, and Service Catalog and others - REDAPL ingests more than 4.5mil updates/second. As a Senior Engineer, you will drive, lead and collaborate on projects both inside and outside the platform. You can expect to contribute to key technical decisions relating to our data ingestion, processing, and query pipelines. 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: Build a query engine that supports efficient relationship traversals for our most demanding workloads. Contribute to design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects to increase the platform's value, resilience, and scalability across multiple teams. Lead and guide other engineers through architectural platform decisions Identify potential system risks and trends in reliability and design solutions to address them Provide input on prioritizing engineering-led initiatives in short- and long-term planning and roadmaps Collaborate with internal product teams to understand their requirements and how we plan for their product growth as they integrate and depend on REDAPL Who You Are: You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience You have worked extensively with multiple types of data stores. You have contributed to initiatives in
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