Justin Lesko
Software Engineer II at Datadog
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Lesko is a Software Engineer II based in New York with a solid foundation in C++, Python, and SQL and experience spanning cloud-native and DevOps roles at Datadog, Braze, and AWS. He moved from hands-on cloud developer and automation roles into senior DevOps engineering before transitioning into software engineering, demonstrating a blend of infrastructure and application development skills. Comfortable in fast-paced environments, he has shipped production-grade systems and tooling across startups and large cloud providers. A Fordham CS student, Justin pairs modern tech interests with an unusual hobby—antique automotive restoration—which reflects his patience for complex mechanical problem-solving as well as software systems.
1 year of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Fordham University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
monitoring10
hugo10
observability10
distributed-tracing10
integrations10
go10
apm-agent10
profiling10
datadog10
dd10
logging10
otel10
documentation10
hpa9
helm9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/datadog-agent
Jan 2025 - Jul 2026
Main repository for Datadog Agent
Contributions:22 reviews, 29 PRs, 223 pushes in 1 year 5 months
datadogmonitoringgoapm-agentapm-instrumentation
DataDog/test-infra-definitions
Feb 2025 - Oct 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
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