Technical Escalations Engineer 2 (Database Monitoring) EMEA

As Datadogs in-house product experts the Technical Escalation Engineering (TEE) team plays a critical role in driving our global success. We enable our customers from the worlds most innovative startups to the largest enterprises.

Through deep technical expertise relentless problem-solving and exceptional customer engagement we educate guide and troubleshoot delivering high-impact solutions that shape the customer experience. Whether through hands-on technical call in-depth fact findings meeting or complex investigations we set the gold standard for technical excellence and customer advocacy.

As part of our TEE team youll tackle the most challenging technical problems collaborate directly with Engineering and Product to refine and evolve our platform and mentor teams worldwide elevating the technical bar at every level.

As part of the Technical Escalation Engineering (TEE) team youll operate at the heart of Datadogs ecosystem working at the intersection of Technical Solutions Engineering Product and our Customers. Every challenge you take on will directly impact the performance scalability and success of both our clients and our platform. Youll be in an environment that moves fast challenges you daily and rewards curiosity ownership and technical excellence.

This is your chance to shape the future of observability and security driving innovation mentoring teams and influencing product direction while witnessing your expertise make an immediate and lasting impact.

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.

• Develop deep technical expertise and continuously learn as the product evolves.
• Investigate complex escalations lead high-stakes technical calls and drive solutions for our most critical customer challenges with urgency and precision.
• Run engaging office hours deliver impactful learning sessions and mentor the Global Support Engineering team (GSE) ensuring theyre equipped to handle any challenge.
• Partner with Engineering and Product to proactively identify gaps drive improvements and advocate for customers in shaping the evolution of our platform.
• Become the go-to expert on Database Monitoring at Datadog mastering both the technical landscape and the customer experience.
• Act as a technical stakeholder for our database Agent integrations (Postgres MySQL SQL Server) advocating for customer needs with Product and Engineering and proposing changes to code telemetry and docs.
• Develop robust internal runbooks public-facing solutions and reusable debugging frameworks to scale knowledge and increase Technical Support Engineering autonomy.
• Shape readiness plans for upcoming DBM product releases ensuring Solutions teams worldwide are confident and technically prepared.

• A self-driven problem solver with an obsession for excellence and continuous learning. You thrive in ambiguity take initiative and push beyond expectations.
• A strategic thinker who defaults to a client-centric approach proactively identifying opportunities to enhance customer experience while balancing technical feasibility.
• An independent fast learner capable of picking up new technologies adapting to evolving priorities and crafting innovative solutions to complex technical issues.
• A collaborator and mentor who enjoys sharing knowledge raising the technical bar for the team and contributing to a culture of excellence.
• A power user of the Datadog Agent and its integrations with experience debugging advanced configuration and performance issues.
• Able to dive into the Agent and Integration codebases (primarily Python) interpret logic paths and assess behavior in edge-case customer environments.
• Confident recreating a wide variety of customer environments across cloud-hosted (RDS Azure CloudSQL) and self-hosted databases as well as across different deployment contexts (Linux Windows K8s Docker).
• Obsessed with root cause analysis and enjoy working on open-ended problems that require systems thinking experimentation and perseverance.
• A cross-functional collaborator who thrives on teaching others scaling knowledge and making complex things approachable.

• Computer Science or Engineering majors
• Experienced in using Zendesk Jira Confluence or similar softwares.
• Familiarity with Datadog integrations ecosystem or similar observability platforms is a strong plus.

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the below qualifications on day one. Thats okay. If youre passionate about technology and want to grow your skills we encourage you to apply.

• Generous and competitive benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
• Best in breed onboarding
• Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
• 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.