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Backend Engineer Learning Path

Follow this curated path to develop skills in backend performance monitoring and troubleshooting in Datadog.

Through hands-on courses, you’ll learn how to harness APM traces, metrics, and logs to get real-time visibility into server-side workflows—from diagnosing latency to ensuring reliable network performance.

This path is designed for Backend Engineers and anyone responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing backend services.

You’ll learn how to do the following:

Track service health by interpreting key application performance metrics (e.g., request volume, error rate, latency, etc.)
Visualize complex request flows and application interactions in real time using flame graphs
Aggregate logs to uncover patterns, anomalies, and performance issues
Filter infrastructure data by tags to quickly gain visibility into your cloud, on-prem, and hybrid systems
Leverage networking insights to diagnose latency, identify bottlenecks, and ensure high availability for your applications
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Getting Started with APM Metrics & Traces

Monitor service health and performance with Application Performance Management. Explore traces to understand requests and interactions between services. Track key metrics to understand trends that impact system behavior and user experience.

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Getting Started with Log Explorer

Query logs from all of your log sources. Investigate log details. Build visualizations with Fields Aggregations. Create Saved Views. Add facets and measures.

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Getting Started with Infrastructure and Cloud Network Monitoring

NEW! Learn how to analyze metrics, visualize network and infrastructure performance, and troubleshoot issues effectively in this introduction to using Datadog’s Infrastructure and Cloud Network Monitoring (CNM).

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