Staff Software Engineer – Cloud Foundations

Datadog’s Cloud Foundations group is seeking a Staff Engineer to help scale and evolve the critical infrastructure services that power our global platform. This is a high-impact role with the flexibility to focus on one of two key areas: elevating reliability practices across engineering teams, or driving the evolution of internal infrastructure from pure delivery to a user-centric platform approach. You’ll partner with engineering leadership and cross-functional peers to shape how Datadog provisions, secures, and scales our cloud environments—whether through hands-on architectural design, process transformation, or internal product development.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:

• Act as a technical leader to improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our cloud infrastructure systems

• Collaborate directly with engineering teams to audit, refine, and elevate reliability and operational practices across Cloud Foundations

• Contribute deeply to the architecture and implementation of high-leverage infrastructure components, especially around cloud identity, resource provisioning, and secure access

• Help lead the shift from infrastructure delivery to a platform and internal product model, bringing clarity to user needs and surfacing high-impact opportunities

• Work with cross-functional partners to define golden paths, self-service capabilities, and guardrails that reduce toil while preserving security and performance

• Engage in collaborative technical design and mentorship across a distributed organization of engineers

Who You Are:

• Experienced staff-level engineer with a track record of technical leadership in infrastructure, reliability engineering, or platform development

• Skilled at partnering with teams to improve engineering processes and shipping high-quality code that supports reliability goals

• Comfortable navigating and influencing across domains, including engineering, product, and technical program management

• Strong background working with at least one major cloud provider; bonus if you’ve worked across multiple (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)

• Proficient with Kubernetes and familiar with operating infrastructure in production at scale

• Comfortable learning new tools and systems; able to balance hands-on implementation with broader strategic thinking

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:

• Generous and competitive benefits package

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan

• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities

• Employee-focused best in class onboarding

• Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program

• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:
$234,000—$300,000 USD

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.

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