April 24, 2026
Datadog for Startups Engineering Lead
Senior • On-site
17,083 - 20,000 USD/yr
San Francisco, CA
The Datadog for Startups (DDFS) program helps the next generation of fast-scaling companies adopt best-in-class observability and security from day one. As the DDFS Engineering Lead, you’ll combine technical sales engineering expertise with ecosystem growth leadership to attract top startups into the program, showcase Datadog’s value early, and position Datadog as an essential platform for scaling.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of startups, business development, technical evangelism, and software engineering—comfortable running a discovery call with a CTO one day, hosting a founder networking event the next, and even helping startups get Datadog instrumented quickly.
What You’ll Do:
1. Technical Sales Engineering & Forward-Deployed Engineering (FDE) project management
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Validate startup technical needs and current tooling during pre-program discovery.
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Deliver tailored demos that highlight Datadog’s differentiators, quick wins, and startup relevance (AI, infra scaling, security).
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Answer competitive engineering questions and position Datadog effectively against alternatives.
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Create urgency for adoption so startups realize value quickly within their credits period.
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Ensure a smooth technical onboarding experience by removing friction and showcasing “aha” moments.
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Help manage FDE engineering projects that are embedded directly with client sites, deeply understanding workflows, pain points, and business processes.
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Implement Datadog for clients, troubleshoot issues or connect clients to those in Datadog who can support.
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Translate technical details for business stakeholders and communicate customer needs back to product/engineering teams.
2. Ecosystem Growth & Awareness
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Represent Datadog for Startups at key events (accelerator demo days, hackathons, conferences).
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Host or co-host startup-focused webinars, dinners, workshops, and founder roundtables.
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Develop messaging, collateral, and thought leadership for founders and technical teams.
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Drive inbound interest and applications through community-building efforts.
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Work with the SF DDFS Lead to build and manage relationships with accelerators, VCs, and other ecosystem partners.
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Host office hours with select referral partner portfolio companies to actively communicate DDFS perks to their portfolios.
3. DDFS Program Improvements
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Help the DDFS team automate processes across the full lifecycle of startup sourcing to conversion across internal tools such as Salesforce, Marketo, etc.
Who You Are:
Must-Haves
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5–7 years in sales engineering, solutions architecture, technical BD, forward-deployed engineer, software engineering at a SaaS/cloud company.
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Strong understanding of modern startup tech stacks, including cloud infrastructure, application frameworks, data platforms, and developer tooling
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Proven experience engaging with startups, founders, VCs, technical decision-makers and audiences.
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Excellent communication skills: equally effective in technical deep-dives and business-level storytelling.
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Builder: eager to shape a hybrid BD + technical role in a fast-scaling program while also able to get hands on and build both for DDFS and with startups using Datadog.
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Storyteller: able to translate technical differentiators into startup-relevant business value.
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Startup advocate: passionate about helping early-stage companies scale successfully with Datadog.
Nice-to-Haves
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Strong knowledge of Datadog’s product suite and observability/security ecosystem.
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A former technical founder or engineering leader at a startup.
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Experience running or speaking at startup/technical events.
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Background in developer advocacy, community building, or technical marketing.
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Knowledge of VC/accelerator ecosystems and startup go-to-market motion.
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Hands-on ability to articulate Datadog’s differentiators against competitors (Grafana, Sentry, Clickhouse, New Relic, etc.)
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CRM proficiency (Salesforce, HubSpot) and ability to manage demand-generation workflows.
Why Join Us:
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Be at the forefront of Datadog’s engagement with the global startup ecosystem.
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Shape a high-impact program where technical expertise and community growth intersect.
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Help the next wave of unicorns adopt world-class observability, security, and performance tooling from day one.
Benefits and Growth:
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New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
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Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
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An inclusive company culture, including Community Guilds (employee resource groups)
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Access to Inclusion Talks and internal panel discussions
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Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
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Competitive global benefits and giving programs
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of employment and the nature of employment with Datadog.
#LI-Hybrid
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.
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 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Privacy and AI Guidelines:
Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
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🏢 Summary: Engineering leadership role focused on building and operating production LLM-based systems that understand and safely modify code, enabling automated fixes, CI/PR automation, and AI-assisted development workflows. The role drives technical direction, reliability, evaluation, and end-to-end delivery of code generation services integrated with observability and infrastructure. It combines hands-on system design with team leadership to ship secure, high-quality AI-powered code automation features. 🗂️ Requirements: Proven experience building and deploying LLM-based systems in production, Experience managing software engineers or applied scientists, Strong proficiency in Python and Go, Strong understanding of machine learning theory and statistics, Experience designing production-grade ML and data pipelines, Experience with model evaluation and monitoring in production, Experience with CI/CD and production reliability practices (SLIs/SLOs, on-call), Ability to ensure determinism and reproducibility in model and infrastructure workflows, Experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering, security, and SRE teams 📃 Skills: Python, Go, LLM, MachineLearning, Statistics, CI/CD, SRE, Telemetry, ModelServing, DataPipelines, Observability, Infrastructure, Parsers, Evaluation, Monitoring 🏢 Description: Datadog’s CodeGen team builds systems that use AI to read, understand, generate, and safely change real code — powering automated fixes, CI/PR automation, agentic remediation, and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows. The team ties code understanding to observability so assistants can explain problems and produce safe, auditable code changes. We’re a new team building AI-assisted tools to make Datadog developers more effective, by autonomously generating tests, fixing bugs, and improving performance. We’re looking for a product-minded generalist to help us quickly define and ship products that make all Datadog customers 10x developers. 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: Lead a team of engineers responsible for building production systems that enable code understanding and automated code changes — from parsers and telemetry ingestion to model serving, evaluation, and PR automation. Drive technical direction and execution: set a clear roadmap, prioritize work, remove blockers, and raise quality and reliability bar for codegen features (safety, correctness, performance). Partner with product, applied research, infra/SRE, security, and other engineering teams to ship end-to-end experiences that safely apply model outputs (PRs, CI checks, automated apply flows). Build and maintain robust evaluation and monitoring pipelines (offline and online) to measure model quality, drift, and downstream correctness of code changes. Own hiring, performance development, 1:1s, and career growth for your reports; grow a high-performing, inclusive team. Be accountable for production readiness: on-call expectations, postmortems, SLIs/SLOs, and operational playbooks for codegen services. Maintain engineering rigor around data pipelines, model inputs, determinism, reproducibility, and reproducible CI/CD for model + infra changes. Who You Are: Proven experience in software engineering and applied science, with a focus on engineering LLM-based systems in production Demonstrated experience managing small teams of software engineers and/or applied scientists, with a track record of delivering high-quality products Strong software development skills and proficiency in Python and Go Strong understanding of machine learning theory, statistics, and fundamentals Excellent communication abilities to convey complex technical concepts clearly A collaborative mindset and proven experience in working in cross-functional teams A proactive approach with a passion for continuous learning and innovation Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products 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 & 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. #LI-HybridDatadog 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:$187,000—$240,000 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. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
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Datadog
Senior Product Manager - Code Security
Senior
On-site
New York, NY
15,583 - 20,000 USD/yr
🏢 Summary: Own and drive the roadmap for core Code Security products focused on application vulnerability management, including application security testing and software composition analysis. Lead cross-functional execution to deliver new security capabilities that address gaps in vulnerability management and AI-assisted development workflows. Shape product strategy at the intersection of application security, developer tools, and AI. 🗂️ Requirements: Extensive Product Management experience owning roadmap for technical products, Experience with developer tools, security, or infrastructure products, Strong understanding of SDLC and security integration in developer workflows, Experience with application security testing and vulnerability management, Familiarity with AI coding tools or agentic development workflows, Experience launching products or features from 0 to 1, Ability to translate technical challenges into product strategy 📃 Skills: SDLC, AppSec, SAST, SCA, AI, DevSecOps, VulnerabilityManagement, ProductManagement, Infrastructure, DeveloperTools 🏢 Description: As a Senior Product Manager on the Code Security team, you will define and own the roadmap for Code Security’s core application vulnerability management products (application security testing and software composition analysis). This is a strategic and technical role focused on identifying gaps in customers’ vulnerability management workflows and translating those insights into high-impact product capabilities. You’ll work cross-functionally with engineering, security research, design, and go-to-market teams to launch innovative solutions that help customers stay ahead of evolving threats. This role offers a unique opportunity to grow your expertise in both application security and AI, while shaping one of Datadog’s fastest-growing product areas. 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: Own the product roadmap for Datadog’s core Code Security products for application code and library vulnerability scanning Conduct deep customer discovery with security and engineering teams to uncover critical gaps in vulnerability management, supply chain protection, and AI-assisted coding workflows Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, design, security research, and go-to-market teams to drive alignment and execute on roadmap priorities Launch new capabilities from 0 to 1, helping to establish and grow the Code Security portfolio’s presence in the market Translate complex technical challenges into clear product strategies that address customer needs and market opportunities Who You Are: Extensive experience as a Product Manager owning the roadmap and execution for technical products, ideally in developer tools, security, or infrastructure You enjoy engaging directly with customers, leading discovery calls, participating in sales conversations, and building relationships to understand user needs You have a solid technical understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including how security integrates into modern developer workflows You are familiar with AI coding tools or agentic development workflows and are comfortable working at the intersection of AI and security You thrive in cross-functional environments and enjoy turning ambiguous problems into tangible product outcomes You have experience taking new features or products from 0 to 1, making thoughtful tradeoffs about what to build (and what not to build) in fast paced environments You communicate clearly and persuasively with both internal and external stakeholders 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. #LI-HybridDatadog 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:$187,000—$240,000 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. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
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Datadog
Manager II, Engineering - Source Security
Senior
On-site
New York, NY
20,000 - 25,417 USD/yr
🏢 Summary: Lead and grow the Source Security team, driving the roadmap for securing code contributions through static analysis and LLM-based review systems. The role combines hands-on technical work with team leadership to ensure secure source code management, CI environments, and scalable supply chain security. You will collaborate cross-functionally to embed robust security controls into development workflows and coding agent ecosystems. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience managing distributed engineering teams, Proficiency in modern programming languages (Python, Go, or JavaScript), Experience with continuous security scanning and SAST rule tuning, Experience with LLM-based coding tools, Experience with source code management platforms, Experience integrating security into CI pipelines, Ability to contribute hands-on to security engineering initiatives, Experience with incident response and on-call processes 📃 Skills: Python, Go, JavaScript, SAST, LLM, GitHub, GitLab, CI, DevSecOps, Fuzzing, Sandboxing, DevOps, SCM 🏢 Description: About Datadog We're on a mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at a high scale - trillions of data points per day — providing always-on alerting, metrics visualization, logs, and application tracing for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way. The Opportunity We are looking for a manager to lead the Source Security team within our broader SDLC Security org. This team is responsible for evaluating the security properties of every single commit at Datadog using a combination of static analysis and LLM based review systems, as well as the governance of our source code and third party dependency ecosystem. You will own the roadmap for growing our existing agentic reviewers (you can read more about this work here and here), working to maintain the safety and reliability of our systems while the volume of contributions scales dramatically with our adoption of coding agents. You’ll partner with our developer experience organizations on securing our source code and CI environments, and our product teams on making sure that our security controls scale and that the best practices we develop internally are reflected for our customers as well. You’ll join at an ideal time to make a big impact as the need for robust supply chain security is higher than it’s ever been. Datadog as a platform is growing fast and is used very widely, and the continued and exciting expansion of our product portfolio requires agile thinkers with a deep grounding in security fundamentals. 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: Lead a small team, working as a hands on technical contributor while building out the roadmap for evaluating the safety of coding agent output using a combination of static analysis and LLM evaluations. Partner with our Developer Experience teams on the configuration of our source code management solutions, ensuring secure guardrails are in place by default. Explore solutions in the coding agent security space such as sandboxing and hook based monitors. Guide and mentor a team of security and software engineers, emphasizing career development, inclusivity, and high performance. Take a pragmatic, risk-based approach to complex technical problems and work with your team to produce well-defined and actionable plans. Balance your time between management and hands-on technical work. Participate in Datadog’s oncall and incident response efforts. Have a direct impact on users and the overall trust of our platform. Who You Are: Experienced managing an engineering team distributed across multiple timezones. Fluent in one or more modern coding languages (Python, Go, JavaScript, etc.) Familiar with continuous security scanning and fine-tuning SAST rules and methodology, as well as AI based coding tools such as Claude, Codex, and Cursor Familiar with Github, Gitlab, or other modern source code management and CI solutions You are able to work closely with engineering and DevOps teams to integrate security seamlessly into the development process. An excellent communicator and collaborator, able to work effectively through complex technical problems with a diverse group of stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast paced, high growth environment, and able to adapt strategies and solutions in response to emerging challenges and opportunities. Bonus Points: Passionate about building products that engineers love and believe in the true outcome of DevSecOps Familiar with formal verification, fuzzing, or code correctness methodologies Experience productionizing LLM based or agentic workflows Familiar with product workflows, and building security into the user experience 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. #LI-HybridDatadog 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:$240,000—$305,000 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. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
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Datadog
Manager II, Engineering - Applied AI (NorAm)
Senior
On-site
New York, NY
19,500 - 25,000 USD/yr
🏢 Summary: Leadership role responsible for setting technical vision and delivering AI-powered products across the platform, from research and model development to production operations. The position oversees multiple teams building ML models, agentic systems, and conversational AI solutions at large scale. It combines hands-on AI expertise with organizational leadership to drive end-to-end AI strategy and operational excellence. 🗂️ Requirements: Strong background in AI, Machine Learning, or Data Science, Proven experience building and shipping ML or AI products in production, Experience leading multiple engineering and applied science teams, Deep expertise in LLMs, agentic systems, anomaly detection, time-series modeling, NLP, RAG, or ML infrastructure, Experience owning ML systems from data pipelines to deployment and operations, Ability to define technical strategy and partner with Product, BS/MS/PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience 📃 Skills: MachineLearning, DataScience, LLMs, NLP, RAG, AnomalyDetection, TimeSeries, MLInfrastructure, ConversationalAI, AgenticSystems, DataPipelines, ModelTraining, ModelDeployment, MLOps 🏢 Description: Datadog's Applied AI group builds AI foundations and AI-powered features across the Datadog platform. We train ML models, build agents, and ship natural language interfaces that help thousands of customers detect problems, investigate incidents, and act on their infrastructure. Our teams work with some of the world's richest observability data, hundreds of trillions of data points per day, to build production AI at real scale. Our work spans ML models, agentic systems, conversational AI, foundation models, and the infrastructure that supports them. As a Manager II, you will lead multiple teams of engineers, applied scientists, and managers in this space. You own the technical direction and the team culture. You drive work from research through production, partner with product to set priorities, and help shape how Datadog uses AI to close the loop between detecting a problem and fixing it. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture—the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do: Lead and grow multiple teams of engineers, applied scientists, and managers working on AI-powered features across the Datadog platform Set technical vision and strategy for your area in partnership with Product Ship AI products end-to-end, from data pipelines and model training through evaluation, deployment, and production operations Coach and develop senior engineers and managers, building a culture of high performance, psychological safety, and clear feedback Drive collaboration across Applied AI, product, and partner engineering teams to deliver on Datadog's AI priorities Build evaluation and quality practices for AI systems, offline benchmarks, online metrics, and continuous improvement loops Own operational excellence for your teams' systems: reliability, on-call, incident response, and technical quality Hire and plan for organizational growth as the AI group scales Help shape Datadog's broader AI roadmap and promote best practices in ML engineering and career development across the organization Who You Are: An experienced technical leader with a strong background in AI, machine learning, or data science Proven track record building and shipping ML or AI-powered products in production Experience leading and mentoring multiple teams, including senior engineers and engineering managers Deep technical expertise in one or more areas: large language models, agentic systems, anomaly detection, time-series modeling, NLP, retrieval-augmented generation, or ML infrastructure Comfortable partnering with Product to set vision and strategy, and turning ambiguous problems into clear plans A strong people manager who can attract, develop, and retain top AI and engineering talent BS/MS/PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience 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 An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ Competitive global benefits Giving programs 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. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
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Datadog
Group Product Manager - Containers
Senior
On-site
New York, NY
19,500 - 25,000 USD/yr
🏢 Summary: Leadership role responsible for defining and executing the product vision and strategy for Containers and Kubernetes observability within a large-scale SaaS platform. The position oversees a team of product managers and drives AI-powered capabilities to help customers operate, secure, and optimize containerized environments. Focused on building scalable, integrated platform features deeply connected with metrics, logs, traces, security, and CI/CD workflows. 🗂️ Requirements: 8+ years B2B SaaS product management experience, 2+ years managing product managers, Deep expertise in containers and Kubernetes ecosystems, Experience building AI/ML-powered product features, Strong technical background working with large-scale data systems, Experience with observability or infrastructure platforms, Experience building platform or shared infrastructure products, Ability to collaborate closely with engineering on scalable systems 📃 Skills: Kubernetes, Containers, Observability, AI, MachineLearning, Telemetry, CI/CD, Metrics, Logs, Tracing, Security, SaaS, Cloud, Infrastructure 🏢 Description: At Datadog, we're on a mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at massive scale—trillions of data points per day—enabling seamless collaboration and problem-solving across Dev, Ops, and Security teams for tens of thousands of customers worldwide. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way. The Containers product group sits at the core of Datadog’s Infrastructure business and powers a significant portion of Datadog’s revenue. As modern infrastructure continues to shift toward Kubernetes and containerized workloads, this group is responsible for helping customers operate, secure, and optimize their most critical production environments—reliably and at scale. In this role, you will define the long-term vision and strategy for Datadog’s Containers & Live processes products, spanning Kubernetes observability, container runtime visibility, workload health, and the operational workflows that infrastructure teams rely on every day. You will lead a team of product managers building foundational platform capabilities used by thousands of customers running mission-critical workloads in production. 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: Lead and grow a team of product managers responsible for Datadog’s Containers and Kubernetes product portfolio. Own the product vision, roadmap, and execution for containers observability, ensuring the products continue to drive meaningful customer value and significant Infra revenue. Define and drive the next generation of Containers products by applying AI and machine learning to help customers understand, operate, and troubleshoot complex containerized systems automatically. Co-define and build the next generation of containers and Kubernetes capabilities as part of the Datadog unified platform, deeply integrated with metrics, logs, traces, security, and CI/CD workflows. Partner closely with engineering leadership to deliver platform-level capabilities that scale across products and customers. Collaborate with other Datadog product teams (APM, Logs, Network, Cloud, Security, Serverless) to improve cross-product workflows and help customers troubleshoot faster and operate with confidence. Work with go-to-market, sales, customer success, and support teams to shape positioning, packaging, and launch strategies for new Containers features. Represent Containers product strategy internally and externally, helping align leadership around priorities and long-term bets. Who You Are: Experience: 8+ years of B2B SaaS product management experience, with 2+ years managing and developing a team of product managers. Domain Expertise: Deep familiarity with containers and Kubernetes ecosystems, including how modern infrastructure teams build, deploy, and operate production workloads. Leadership: Proven ability to hire, mentor, and scale high-performing product teams while setting clear direction and expectations. Customer Partnership: Experience working closely with enterprise customers operating complex, large-scale infrastructure. Technical Credibility: Strong technical background that enables effective collaboration with senior engineers and earns trust with highly technical customers.AI Product Fluency: Experience incorporating AI or machine learning into customer-facing products, or strong intuition for where AI can meaningfully improve workflows, decision-making, and automation for infrastructure teams. Data & Systems Thinking: Comfort working with large-scale data systems and understanding how telemetry, signals, and models can be combined to generate actionable insights. Platform Thinking: Experience building foundational platform products or shared infrastructure that supports multiple use cases and teams. Product Craft: Strong track record of shipping impactful products by working closely with design and engineering, balancing usability, performance, scale, and trust. Cross-Functional Influence: Ability to lead complex, cross-team initiatives and align stakeholders across product, engineering, data, and go-to-market functions. Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know 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 experience, we encourage you to apply. Benefits & Growth: New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions Free, global Spring 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. #LI-HybridDatadog 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. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
Technology

Datadog
Manager I, Security Engineering - Vulnerability Management
Senior
On-site
New York, NY
15,583 - 20,000 USD/yr
🏢 Summary: Lead and scale a security engineering team responsible for end-to-end vulnerability management across the software lifecycle, from source code to production. Drive automation and an AI-first approach to reduce vulnerability risk, improve remediation efficiency, and enhance lifecycle metrics and reporting. Partner cross-functionally to shift security left and ensure compliance with major regulatory frameworks. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience in vulnerability management or cloud security posture management, Experience managing and mentoring security engineering teams, Proven cross-functional collaboration with security, engineering, and product teams, Experience with secure SDLC practices, Proficiency in at least one programming language (Golang, Python, or Java), Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP, ISO), Ability to work on ITAR-controlled projects (U.S. person), Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) 📃 Skills: Golang, Python, Java, AI, Automation, SDLC, Cloud, Security, SOC2, HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP, ISO, ITAR, Metrics, Compliance 🏢 Description: Here at Datadog, we think about Vulnerability Management a little bit differently. We embrace open source software, and recognize our role in the software supply chain. We also see how attackers are weaponizing vulnerabilities faster than ever before. That’s why we’re looking for a Security Engineering Manager who can help us scale and improve our overall vulnerability management lifecycle, and take an AI-first approach to addressing vulnerability risk. 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: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of security engineers responsible for vulnerability management across Datadog’s internal environment, from source code to production. Work with critical partners like SDLC Security, Product Security, and a wide range of engineering teams to “shift left” and reduce upstream vulnerabilities entering our ecosystem. Reduce engineering toil related to vulnerability remediation through a “PRs, not tickets” approach. Improve the efficiency of our overall vulnerability management lifecycle through thoughtful use of automation and AI. Develop metrics and reporting to provide leadership with an accurate view of overall vulnerability risk. Provide evidence and subject matter expertise for vulnerability management processes and controls for multiple compliance frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP, ISO) Who You Are: You have experience with vulnerability management or similar domains like cloud security posture management, SDLC management, etc. You have excellent leadership, mentorship, and coaching skills, with the ability to foster a high-performing security team for a large software ecosystem You have strong communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You have a proven track record of managing cross-functional collaboration between security, engineering, and product teams. You are experienced in one or more programming languages (Golang, Python, Java, etc.) You are a U.S. person and able to work on ITAR-controlled projects You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience 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. #LI-HybridDatadog 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:$187,000—$240,000 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. 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