Lead the development and ownership of security features such as web application firewall, runtime application self-protection, API security, interactive application security testing, and software composition analysis across multiple language libraries, primarily in .NET or Java.
Guide initiatives from early prototypes to fully deployed, reliable, and maintainable systems, writing production-safe code that integrates into thousands of live applications.
Take full operational responsibility for your systems, including monitoring key metrics like performance, timeouts, and resource costs, and resolving complex, cross-service issues.
Troubleshoot and resolve customer-impacting problems quickly and effectively, minimizing downtime and improving system resilience.
Influence technical direction by helping define objectives and key results, breaking down large initiatives into parallelizable tasks for engineering teams.
Lead design discussions and request for comment processes to align multiple security library teams on common architectures and standards.
Collaborate with product, backend, and frontend teams to transform product concepts and security research into widely adopted customer features.

Competitive salary and benefits package

Hybrid or remote options available

Part of the security engineering team focused on building and maintaining language-specific security libraries

Elevate team performance by mentoring peers, improving code quality, strengthening testing practices, and increasing overall team effectiveness.

Represent the company in programming language and cybersecurity communities to share knowledge and enhance technical credibility.

Available for qualified candidates

Datadog is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Security Libraries