Senior Software Engineer – PostgreSQL
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Boston,
Massachusetts,
United States
Information Technology
H-1B
Job posted on July 29, 2025
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Job Summary: Datadog is a global SaaS business dedicated to solving complexity in the cloud age. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead high-priority projects related to PostgreSQL, contributing to the development of tools and enhancements that improve database performance and user experience.
Responsibilities: • Design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects like the ones described above • Provide technical leadership to the Database Monitoring team and peer teams • Be a driving force in growing the product’s adoption by 10X • Define enduring architectures to support a rapidly growing team and user base
Qualifications:
Required: • strong familiarity with Postgres internals • contributed directly to Postgres in the past and/or have substantial contributions to tooling in the relational database ecosystem • excited about the opportunity to work with customers directly, understand their workflows, and build industry-leading experiences for them • led impactful technical initiatives in an environment where performance, cost efficiency, ease of use, and resilience/operability are first-order concerns
Company: Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Public Company. Datadog has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
APPLY NOW
Job Summary: Datadog is a global SaaS business dedicated to solving complexity in the cloud age. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead high-priority projects related to PostgreSQL, contributing to the development of tools and enhancements that improve database performance and user experience.
Responsibilities: • Design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects like the ones described above • Provide technical leadership to the Database Monitoring team and peer teams • Be a driving force in growing the product’s adoption by 10X • Define enduring architectures to support a rapidly growing team and user base
Qualifications:
Required: • strong familiarity with Postgres internals • contributed directly to Postgres in the past and/or have substantial contributions to tooling in the relational database ecosystem • excited about the opportunity to work with customers directly, understand their workflows, and build industry-leading experiences for them • led impactful technical initiatives in an environment where performance, cost efficiency, ease of use, and resilience/operability are first-order concerns
Company: Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Public Company. Datadog has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.