Software Engineer - Summer Intern

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We’re looking for interns to join us to help collect, aggregate, visualize, and analyze high-scale metrics, logs, and application data. Software engineering at Datadog includes a variety of exciting opportunities across backend, frontend, infrastructure, libraries, data engineering, and data science. Interested in distributed systems or Kubernetes across tens of thousands of nodes? Looking to build out the platform that powers Datadog’s newest offerings, such as BitsAI or App Builder? Want to see your work actually impact and improve the product in a meaningful way? We’ve got you covered. Whether you’re writing a new integration, building data pipelines, or working with the open-source community, our interns are key contributors to our product.

• Solve scaling bottlenecks in critical services to grow Datadog for its expanding customer base
• Deploy new features to production and contribute to projects that have a tangible impact on customers across Datadog's user base
• Develop your tech stack through technologies such as Kubernetes, Bazel, and many more while receiving mentorship from the best engineers in the industry
• Grow alongside a diverse cohort of talented interns while working in a fun and collaborative environment

• You are targeting a 2026 full-time start date
• You are in the process of receiving/have a degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field; or have equivalent experience
• You have strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, software design, to name a few) 
• You are comfortable coding in one or more programming languages 
• You value code simplicity and performance 
• You want to work in a fast-paced environment that values its employees and customers
• You are a self-starter who enjoys partnering with other engineers and solving difficult problems 
• You are available to work full-time from the Datadog New York or Boston office from May 12, 2025 - August 15, 2025; May 12, 2025 - August 22, 2025; or June 2, 2025 - August 22, 2025

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $100,000—$110,000 USD

• Opportunities to work with teammates in-office and across the globe on meaningful challenges that will keep you thinking
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• In-person intern cohort and monthly company social events
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Relocation support and travel benefits
• Unlimited snacks and drinks in our office; catered lunches on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
• Beautiful offices in convenient locations

Datadog offers the unique opportunity to work on large-scale, real-time systems by engineers for engineers. Our product is multi-cloud and collects more than a hundred trillion events per day for 28,000+ customers. Interns work towards the same objectives as their teammates to bring impact to Datadog that persists even after the internship concludes.