Library Software Engineer - PHP

The APM Team at Datadog provides mission critical application health and performance monitoring for customers of all sizes and industries. We’re taking a new approach to APM with distributed tracing, profiling and seamless integration with Datadog’s Infrastructure and Logs products. We are looking for an expert PHP extension developer experienced with C and PHP internals who can help push our tracing tools to the next level. Come and join us to build amazing open source software!

What You'll Do:

• Write code that instruments thousands of PHP applications around the world.
• You’ll help drive our open source PHP projects and engage with the community to find and address the most important challenges.
• Join a great team building software the right way.

Who You Are:

• You have significant experience maintaining PHP extensions.
• You have a solid high-level understanding of the components of the Zend Engine and how they work together.
• You are a great community ambassador and can drive hard technical conversations towards a good solution.

Bonus Points:

• You contribute to the PHP internals community.
• You have experience with the function-call-interception hooks in PHP; the VM hook zend_execute_ex, custom user opcode handlers, and/or the observer API.
• You have experience with web applications such as Wordpress, Drupal or Joomla.
• You have experience with frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, or CakePHP.
• You have experience with code telemetry and introspection.

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.

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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 about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and 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 more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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