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Senior Software Engineer - REDAPL Graph Engine

Datadog
RemoteRemotefull_timePosted 15 Sept 2026

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<div id="message-list_1786698316.066069"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div><strong><em>Please note that the job is only available from the locations outlined.</em></strong>&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><em>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.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Build a query engine that supports efficient relationship traversals for our most demanding workloads.</li> <li>Contribute to design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects to increase the platform's value, resilience, and scalability across multiple teams.</li> <li>Lead and guide other engineers through architectural platform decisions</li> <li>Identify potential system risks and trends in reliability and design solutions to address them</li> <li>Provide input on prioritizing engineering-led initiatives in short- and long-term planning and roadmaps</li> <li>Collaborate with internal product teams to understand their requirements and how we plan for their product growth as they integrate and depend on REDAPL</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Who You Are:</strong></p> <ul> <li>You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience</li> <li>You have worked extensively with multiple types of data stores.&nbsp;</li> <li>You have contributed to initiatives in a platf

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