Datadog Developer
Role : Datadog Developer
Experience : 5-8 years
Location : Delhi / NCR (Onsite)
Job Type : Full-Time / Permanent
About the Role :
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Datadog Developer to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in observability, monitoring, and cloud-native infrastructure, with in-depth, hands-on experience implementing and managing Datadog across large-scale :
- Design, implement, and manage observability solutions using Datadog APM, Infrastructure Monitoring, Logs, RUM, and Dashboards.
- Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, and development teams to define monitoring standards and alerting strategies.
- Build custom Datadog dashboards and visualizations to deliver insights across services and infrastructure.
- Integrate Datadog with CI / CD pipelines, cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure), and containerized environments (Docker / Kubernetes).
- Optimize Datadog configurations for performance and cost-efficiency.
- Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks using Datadog metrics, traces, and logs.
- Automate alerting, anomaly detection, and health checks for proactive monitoring.
- Develop documentation and runbooks for onboarding and training internal teams.
Required Skills and Experience :
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in monitoring / observability, with at least 2-3 years in Datadog.Strong understanding of cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration.Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.Experience with CI / CD pipelines, logging tools (ELK, FluentD), and scripting (Python, Bash).Proficient in creating custom monitors, SLOs / SLIs, and dashboards in Datadog.Experience with incident management and root cause analysis using observability tools.Coding experience is required for this role.Preferred Qualifications :
Datadog Certification(s) (e.g., Datadog Certified Monitoring Professional)Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.Experience working in Agile / DevOps environments.(ref : hirist.tech)