# Senior Software Engineer - Incident Insights & Readiness at Datadog

- Company: Datadog
- What the company does: See metrics from all of your apps, tools & services in one place with Datadog’s cloud monitoring as a service solution. Try it for free. Backed by Index, CRV and ICONIQ.
- Company website: http://datadoghq.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-01
- Apply by: 2026-11-15
- Apply: https://careers.datadoghq.com/detail/8247566/?gh_jid=8247566&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/datadog-senior-software-engineer-incident-insights-and-readiness/

## About the role

Own and improve the on-call experience for the company by establishing best practices and building platforms to support on-call rotations and compensation. Define how we respond to incidents, lead the design and implementation of software to streamline the process, and collaborate with product teams to improve incident response across Datadog. Our aim is to fully support our incident responders in dealing with complexity. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- At least 5 years of experience building software that solves real user problems. Experience designing new features and collaborating on code and technical design reviews. We primarily develop in Go and Python, with a bit of TypeScript
- Experience building or operating distributed systems, with familiarity with Kubernetes and an understanding of complex failure modes
- Demonstrated ability to independently own ambiguous technical problems from design through delivery while balancing long-term engineering quality with pragmatic execution
- Experience analyzing incidents, identifying systemic risks, and driving engineering improvements informed by operational learnings
- Experience participating in on-call rotations and improving incident response processes. Experience serving as an incident commander or incident coordinator is a plus
- Empathy, collaboration, and communication skills in English to cultivate strong relationships across various teams in the organization

Tags: Security

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