Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform

Seatgeek

SEATGEEK BELIEVES LIVE EVENTS ARE POWERFUL EXPERIENCES THAT UNITE HUMANS. WITH OUR TECHNOLOGICAL SAVVY AND FAN-FIRST ATTITUDE WE’RE SIMPLIFYING AND MODERNIZING THE TICKETING INDUSTRY. The Platform organization helps turn that vision into reality by providing a secure, reliable foundation for building and shipping products. By reducing complexity and offering well-supported, self-service tools and workflows, we enable teams across SeatGeek to move with confidence and stay focused on delivering great experiences. We’re looking for Platform Engineers to join us in building and improving this platform. In this role, you’ll work closely with partners across engineering and product to design and deliver capabilities that are easy to use, dependable at scale, and flexible enough to support different team needs. Your work will help teams across SeatGeek build and ship with fewer surprises, especially during the moments when our systems matter most. If this role sounds interesting to you, we encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t match every requirement - we value curiosity, collaboration, and a willingness to learn! WHAT YOU'LL DO * Design, build, and support shared platform systems and tooling that help teams across SeatGeek develop and run services reliably * Partner with engineering and product teams to address performance, scalability, and reliability needs as our marketplace and business grow * Contribute to system reliability, observability, security, and scalability through automation and well-considered abstractions * Participate in operating production systems, including supporting releases, taking part in an on-call rotation, and responding to incidents and support requests with guidance and collaboration from the team * Collaborate across teams and disciplines to identify friction and improve how software is built and operated at SeatGeek * Help evolve internal platforms, APIs, standards, and shared tooling to improve reliability and developer experience over time * Participate in evaluating new technologies and patterns, balancing short-term needs with long-term maintainability and operational health * Use automation and emerging tools, including AI-assisted workflows, to improve development and operational efficiency * Share context and learnings through documentation, design discussions, and collaboration across teams WHAT YOU HAVE * Experience contributing to the design, development, or operation of shared systems, platforms, or infrastructure that support other engineers or teams * Familiarity with building, running, or improving production systems, and an interest in reliability, security,  scalability, and safe ways to deploy and operate software * A thoughtful approach to writing and maintaining code, with attention to clarity, maintainability, and how others will use and operate what you build * An interest in developer experience and platform usability, including how tools, abstractions, and workflows affect team productivity and broader business goals * Comfort collaborating across teams and disciplines, communicating clearly, and turning broad needs into practical technical solutions with support from others * A commitment to learning and growth (both your own and your teammates’) through knowledge sharing, feedback, and continuous improvement OUR STACK You do not need experience with all of these, but we thought you might be curious. What we care about is your experience, skills, and approach to problem solving. Tools can be learned. * Languages: Python, Go, HCL, Yaml * Version control: GitLab * AI Tooling: Cursor, Claude * Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes / EKS, Terraform * Monitoring & Alerting: Datadog * Networking: Fastly, Kong, Cilium * Data: Kafka, Flink, Redshift PERKS * Equity stake * Discretionary annual bonus * Flexible work environment, allowing you to work as many days a week in the office as you’d like or 100% remotely * A WFH stipend to support your home office setup * Unlimited PTO * Up to 16 weeks of fully-paid family leave  * 401(k) matching  * Student loan matching program * Health, vision, dental, and life insurance * Up to $25k towards family building, reproductive health services and Gender-affirming care * $500 per year for wellness expenses * Subscriptions to Headspace (meditation), Headspace Care (therapy), and One Medical * $360 per quarter to spend on tickets to live events * Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The salary range for this role is $144,000 - $209,000 USD. This role is equity eligible. In addition, you may receive a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance. Actual compensation packages within that range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location. SeatGeek is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, military or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. As an equal opportunities employer, we recognize that diversity is a positive attribute and we welcome the differences and benefits that a diverse culture brings. Come join us! To review our candidate privacy notice, click here.

Datadog

Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Platform Client Data streams are mission-critical at Datadog, powering near real-time communication across the vast majority of our services. Our Streaming Platform group builds the core infrastructure and abstractions that ensure Datadog remains a trusted partner for engineers worldwide. See our blog post. The Streaming Platform Client team sits at the heart of this ecosystem. We own the Rust client library (producers and consumers) with language bindings for Java, Go, and Python. We focus on building intuitive APIs and abstractions that make a powerful distributed system easy to adopt and operate for the hundreds of internal users of our library. Our library runs on critical data paths that handle hundreds of millions of messages per second making performance, observability, and reliability paramount. We also develop and operate the service that bridges the clients fleet with the platform's control plane, handling complex balancing, scaling, and static stability challenges. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us evolve these features. You will collaborate directly with our users, tackle performance-critical code, and solve complex distributed systems challenges across the control plane, client libraries, and data plane. 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.   What You’ll Do: Work within a distributed, high-impact team spanning Europe and the US, building critical technologies that power data pipelines for dozens of internal teams and hundreds of services. * Architect and implement resilient interactions between our client libraries and the control plane. * Optimize our high-throughput, low-level streaming library to push the boundaries of performance and efficiency. * Champion the developer experience by providing exceptional support, technical documentation, and proactive troubleshooting for our wide user base. * Lead high-stakes technical projects, maintaining end-to-end accountability for their delivery and quality. * Collaborate with partner teams on delivering projects wider than your team's scope. * Mentor junior engineers and interns, fostering a culture of technical excellence and shared knowledge.   Who You Are: * You are a self-starter who experiments methodically, iterates rapidly, and views failure as a learning opportunity. * You are a finisher who takes the projects through the finish line and does not stop at shipping code. * You thrive in collaborative environments, championing a blameless culture and actively fostering the growth of your teammates. * You communicate complex ideas effectively, with experience gathering requirements from stakeholders and leading high-impact technical initiatives. * You are deeply committed to user experience, ensuring the tools you build empower developers. * You have strong proficiency in low-level languages (ideally Rust). * You have a passion for deep-dive investigations, particularly in performance optimization and debugging complex systems. * You are curious about AI and actively leverage it to enhance your development workflow. * Bonus: Direct experience operating or using large-scale streaming systems like Kafka. * Bonus: Familiarity with language bindings and FFI.   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: * New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) * Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing * Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking * An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) * Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions * Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ * Competitive global benefits Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. 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 #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn and Datadog Learning Center. #LI-Hybrid 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: $192,000—$240,000 USD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Datadog:  Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.  Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.  Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

Datadog

Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Platform Client Data streams are mission-critical at Datadog, powering near real-time communication across the vast majority of our services. Our Streaming Platform group builds the core infrastructure and abstractions that ensure Datadog remains a trusted partner for engineers worldwide. See our blog post. The Streaming Platform Client team sits at the heart of this ecosystem. We own the Rust client library (producers and consumers) with language bindings for Java, Go, and Python. We focus on building intuitive APIs and abstractions that make a powerful distributed system easy to adopt and operate for the hundreds of internal users of our library. Our library runs on critical data paths that handle hundreds of millions of messages per second making performance, observability, and reliability paramount. We also develop and operate the service that bridges the clients fleet with the platform's control plane, handling complex balancing, scaling, and static stability challenges. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us evolve these features. You will collaborate directly with our users, tackle performance-critical code, and solve complex distributed systems challenges across the control plane, client libraries, and data plane. 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. What You’ll Do: Work within a distributed, high-impact team spanning Europe and the US, building critical technologies that power data pipelines for dozens of internal teams and hundreds of services. * Architect and implement resilient interactions between our client libraries and the control plane. * Optimize our high-throughput, low-level streaming library to push the boundaries of performance and efficiency. * Champion the developer experience by providing exceptional support, technical documentation, and proactive troubleshooting for our wide user base. * Lead high-stakes technical projects, maintaining end-to-end accountability for their delivery and quality. * Collaborate with partner teams on delivering projects wider than your team's scope. * Mentor junior engineers and interns, fostering a culture of technical excellence and shared knowledge. Who You Are: * You are a self-starter who experiments methodically, iterates rapidly, and views failure as a learning opportunity. * You are a finisher who takes the projects through the finish line and does not stop at shipping code. * You thrive in collaborative environments, championing a blameless culture and actively fostering the growth of your teammates. * You communicate complex ideas effectively, with experience gathering requirements from stakeholders and leading high-impact technical initiatives. * You are deeply committed to user experience, ensuring the tools you build empower developers. * You have strong proficiency in low-level languages (ideally Rust). * You have a passion for deep-dive investigations, particularly in performance optimization and debugging complex systems. * You are curious about AI and actively leverage it to enhance your development workflow. * Bonus: Direct experience operating or using large-scale streaming systems like Kafka. * Bonus: Familiarity with language bindings and FFI. 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: * New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) * Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing * Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking * An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) * Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions * Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ * Competitive global benefits Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. 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 #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn and Datadog Learning Center. 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: $192,000—$240,000 USD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Datadog:  Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.  Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.  Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.