Software Engineer - Linux kernel / eBPF (APM)

The eBPF APM team is building a zero-instrumentation observability solution that automatically discovers services on every host, supports both plaintext and TLS-encrypted traffic, classifies Layer 7 protocols, decodes service-level traffic, and reports RED metrics. The team operates across a wide range of Linux kernel versions, distributions, and complex customer environments.

Requirements

• Significant experience in backend or systems-level development
• Strong proficiency in Go or similar languages
• Experience in eBPF, networking, or observability tooling

Benefits

• New hire stock equity (RSUs)
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development
• Product training
• Career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program
• Inclusive company culture
• Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks
• Free, global mental health benefits
• Competitive global benefits