Staff Software Engineer – Cloud Foundations

Datadogs Cloud Foundations group is seeking a Staff Engineer to help scale and evolve the critical infrastructure services that power our global platform. This is a high-impact role focused on the architecture and evolution of our identity control plane and secrets management systems. Youll partner with engineering leadership and peers across the organization to shape how Datadog secures and authenticates workloads moving beyond basic delivery to drive architectural direction in authorization certificate management and access control.

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 Youll Do:

• Contribute deeply to the architecture and implementation of high-leverage components specifically focusing on cloud identity secure access and authorization mechanisms
• Collaborate directly with engineering teams to audit refine and elevate reliability and operational practices specifically related to authn/z
• Help lead the shift from infrastructure delivery to a platform and internal product model bringing clarity to user needs and surfacing high-impact opportunities
• Work with cross-functional partners to define golden paths self-service capabilities and guardrails that reduce toil while preserving security governance and performance
• Engage in collaborative technical design and mentorship across a distributed organization of engineers

Who You Are:

• Experienced staff-level engineer with a track record of technical leadership in infrastructure reliability engineering or platform development
• Skilled at partnering with teams to improve engineering processes and shipping high-quality code that supports reliability goals
• Comfortable navigating and influencing across domains including engineering product and technical program management
• Strong background working with cloud identity and authorization (OIDC OAuth PKI); bonus if youve worked across multiple cloud providers (AWS GCP Azure etc.)
• Proficient with Kubernetes and familiar with operating infrastructure in production at scale
• Comfortable learning new tools and systems; able to balance hands-on implementation with broader strategic thinking
• You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate critique and refine AI-generated output.
• Bonus: youre 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. Thats okay. If youre passionate about technology and want to grow your skills we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

• Generous and competitive benefits package
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Employee-focused best in class onboarding
• Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
• 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.

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Required Experience:

Staff IC