Staff Software Engineer - K9 Security

Lead the architecture and development of security agent capabilities that power runtime threat detection and workload protection across Datadog Security products.

Design and build reusable eBPF-based monitoring functionality for process, file, and network visibility within Linux environments.

Drive end-to-end delivery of new features, from technical strategy and design through implementation, testing, and rollout.

Establish and evolve testing methodologies that improve platform coverage, detection quality, reliability, and performance.

Partner with product, security, infrastructure, and engineering teams to deliver shared platform capabilities used across multiple Datadog products.

Provide technical leadership by influencing engineering direction, mentoring peers, and helping resolve complex cross-functional challenges.

You have significant experience building software in Linux environments, including knowledge of Linux internals, kernel APIs, or systems programming.

You have hands-on experience with eBPF, kernel-level instrumentation, driver development, networking systems, agent development, or related low-level technologies.

You've built and run systems where performance and reliability actually matter.

You have experience building and maintaining production software across diverse Linux distributions and kernel versions.

You are product-minded and customer-focused, balancing technical excellence with customer impact and usability.

You have demonstrated technical leadership, influencing architecture and execution across teams while communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.