Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Networks

Datadog’s Cloud Networks team designs, builds, and maintains the production network infrastructure that powers everything built on top of our platform - across AWS, GCP, Azure, and beyond. In this role, you’ll set technical direction for how we scale our multi-region, multi-cloud network footprint while keeping reliability and performance high. You’ll partner closely with internal teams and Cloud Service Providers to troubleshoot complex connectivity issues, integrate new networking capabilities, and improve the foundations our engineers and customers rely on. This is a high-impact opportunity to drive meaningful improvements in scale, resiliency, and cost efficiency.

At Datadog, we value 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:

• Design, build, and operate cloud network infrastructure across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Oracle in a multi-region environment.
• Own connectivity between clouds, customers, and developers - ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable network paths.
• Set clear technical direction for expanding data centers and evolving the network while maintaining stability and performance.
• Improve cross-site and cross-region connectivity patterns to support Datadog’s growing platform needs.
• Lead deep troubleshooting and investigations for latency and connectivity issues, including escalations that may originate from customer support.
• Identify and deliver network-related efficiency and cost-saving opportunities that positively impact business health.

Who You Are:

• You have deep networking expertise and you also enjoy building software - comfortable operating as a strong developer in a networking-heavy domain.
• You’ve designed and evolved large-scale networks (beyond application-level networking), including interconnected environments.
• You have substantial on-prem networking experience (e.g., routing, configuring and operating network equipment at scale) and/or you have cloud networking experience (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• You’re comfortable owning ambiguous problems, setting direction, and driving cross-team collaboration - especially with teams distributed across time zones.
• You bring practical experience operating production infrastructure and responding to incidents (including participating in on-call ownership where applicable).

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)
• 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.

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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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