Job Description
Datadog Sales Engineers help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners. You will provide technical expertise through sales presentations product demonstrations and supporting technical evaluations (POCs). Sales Engineers have a voice with the product team to help prioritize features based on input from customers competitors and partners. Additionally you will work with various teams to resolve customer concerns escalate bug issues and serve as an ambassador for our brand. If you want to join a friendly passionate team with limitless potential we’d love to meet you!
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:
- Partner with the sales team to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition vision and strategy to customers
- Continually learn new technology to build competitive knowledge technical skill and credibility
- Deliver product and technical presentations with potential clients
- Have a direct line of communication with the product team to collaborate on feature requests
- Help clients onboard the product and assist when they run into roadblocks.
- Think creatively about a wide variety of technical challenges during the pre-sales life cycle
Who You Are:
- Knowledgeable and experienced with DevOps monitoring or architecture tools.
- Comfortable and confident in delivering technical presentations/demos to either external customers or internal teams
- Able to think creatively about a wide variety of challenges. You're going to find new things every day
- Previously experienced in systems administrations: Windows or Linux
- Able to sit up to 4 hours traveling to and from client sites
- Able to travel via auto train or air up to 25% of the time
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:
- Best-in-breed onboarding
- Generous global benefits
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development product training and career pathing
- An inclusive company culture able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
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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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 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.
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.
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Skills Required
- Experience with DevOps monitoring or architecture tools
- Ability to deliver technical presentations and demos
- Experience in systems administration (Windows or Linux)
- Strong problem-solving and creative thinking skills
- Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time
What the Team is Saying
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Datadog Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Healthcare Strength—Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage is paired with company-provided mental-health access and support for gender-affirming care. Fitness reimbursements in eligible locations further bolster wellbeing.
- Parental & Family Support—Fully paid gender-neutral parental leave and extensive family-forming benefits (adoption fertility preservation surrogacy) are highlighted. Childcare subsidies and pet-related support where eligible add practical family assistance.
- Equity Value & Accessibility—New-hire RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan at a discount provide broad ownership opportunities. Feedback suggests these equity programs meaningfully complement cash compensation in many roles.
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What We Do
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.
Why Work With Us
At Datadog we learn from and celebrate each other daily - each win is a team win. Datadogs solve tough problems innovate pragmatically and grow together. We promote from within provide mentorship and opportunities for career development and support our colleagues in the process. Best of all? We truly love what we do.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them and their team.
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