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Senior Software Engineer - GameSDK

Posted 25 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
7 Locations
187K-240K Annually
Senior level
Remote
Hybrid
7 Locations
187K-240K Annually
Senior level
As a Senior Software Engineer at Datadog, you'll maintain and develop SDKs for Unity and Unreal, collaborate across teams, and ensure robust coding for performance monitoring in games.
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Datadog’s Real User Monitoring (RUM) gives our customers end-to-end visibility into the real-time activity and experience of individual users, on the web and on mobile. This includes application performance, error management, analytics & user insights. RUM is massively growing: More customers, more features & more people! And this growth comes with challenges. 

By joining our SDK team, you will be part of a multicultural team that is remote-friendly. You will collaborate with the product, backend, and frontend UI teams. You will play an active role in building the library installed by our customers in their games.

To maintain the trust we’ve built with our many customers, you must be comfortable building robust, very well-architected, and isolated code that works in very different environments and setups. We expect that you are comfortable with game engines, shipping to different platforms, and the specific performance challenges that exist. Your SDK code must be safe and robust in this complex environment. To build trust with our customers, you need to be comfortable building robust, very well-architected, and isolated code that works all the time.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.


What You’ll Do: 

  • Maintain and write new components of Datadog's Unity and Native SDKs SDK
  • Support our growth into Unreal and other game engines, across all platforms (PC, XBox, Playstation, Switch and Mobile)
  • Work closely with the backend, frontend and product teams to deliver the best-in-class performance monitoring product for games
  • Contribute to the improvement our engineering tooling and practices
  • Write code in the public eye, being the face of Datadog inside the community


Who You Are: 

  • You have strong experience with the APIs and ecosystem of Unity or Unreal. You are comfortable debugging complex issues in a variety of setups
  • You have relevant experience in developing code for Unity, Unreal or an in-house engine
  • You have experience shipping to Consoles and PCs
  • You are proficient in C++ and cross-compilation for various platforms.
  • You value code simplicity and performance
  • You want to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment that values diversity of talent, excellence of product, and exciting engineering challenges at scale
  • Experience developing commercially shipped SDKs

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. 


Benefits and Growth: 

  • Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities for internal mobility 
  • Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking 
  • An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Free global mental health benefit through Spring Health 
  • Generous global benefits

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:

$187,000$240,000 USD

About Datadog: 

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

Your Privacy:

Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.

Top Skills

C++
Unity
Unreal

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