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They do this in three major ways: \nAs individual contributors, they bring world-class technical abilities to deliver industry-leading systems in areas such as data visualization, virtual runtime profiling, and planet-scale streaming. \nAs technical leaders, they bring experienced technical breadth and communication skills to tackle design and architectural problems spanning the organization, charting the right course, and then leading delivery. \nIn both roles, they participate in the staff engineering community and help us learn from what the industry is doing and what we've built before, and so improving company-wide standards around software and systems engineering. \nAt 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. \nWhat You’ll Do: \nUse your expertise to design and deliver technology that will power the next generation of products \nCoach and develop engineers at various levels, from new university graduates to senior engineers with years of industry experience \nLeading redesigns of significant parts of the Datadog product and website\nOwning core customer experiences, including the first-time user experience. \nWho You Are: \n10+ years of relevant engineering experience \n4+ years of technical leadership experience, including both effective communication of complex concepts and experience coordinating across teams to ship critical products \nRunning a high volume of experimentation and iteration cycles (A/B testing).\nStrong UI/UX intuition, adept at working closely with product design and product management stakeholders to develop a shared vision and deliver on it\nYou have led development of high-complexity, high-performance interactive browser applications, including architecture, interaction design, and optimization \nAbility to bring best practices from across the world of software engineering and adapt them to the frontend environment \nExpertise with React \nDatadog 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. \nBenefits & Growth: \nNew hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) \nContinuous professional development, product training, and career pathing \nAn inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) \nAccess to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions \nFree, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+\nCompetitive global benefits \nBenefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.\nDatadog 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.\nThe reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:\n$244,000—$305,000 USD\nAbout Datadog: \nDatadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.\nEqual Opportunity at Datadog:\nDatadog 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. \nDatadog 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. \nPrivacy and AI Guidelines:\nAny information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. 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