Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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. As a Staff Software Engineer on Datadog’s Cloud FinOps team, you will design scalable solutions to analyze and optimize cloud infrastructure costs while collaborating with various teams to influence strategic decisions.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve internal platforms and tools that provide visibility into Datadog’s cloud infrastructure costs across AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Partner with Finance, Engineering, and Executive Leadership to analyze cloud spend trends and inform strategic decisions
- Develop scalable models and systems for cloud cost attribution across complex shared infrastructure
- Build forward-looking FinOps capabilities that help teams proactively manage and optimize infrastructure usage
- Work cross-functionally with engineering leaders to understand system architecture and translate infrastructure usage patterns into actionable cost insights
- Influence company-wide initiatives around cost efficiency, forecasting, and infrastructure planning
- Raises team performance by leading by example, building systems and patterns that improve productivity and autonomy by guiding with pragmatic technical judgment while being a hands-on contributor
Skills
- Experience designing or operating distributed systems at scale
- Proven ability to lead large cross-organizational technical initiatives and influence senior stakeholders
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineering, finance, and executive audiences
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous problem spaces and develop scalable solutions
- Interest in infrastructure efficiency, cost attribution, and FinOps-style problem domains
Benefits
- 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
- Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits
- A 401(k) plan and match
- Paid time off
- Fitness reimbursements
- A discounted employee stock purchase plan
Company Overview
Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.datadoghq.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Datadog has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 8 in 2026, 123 in 2025, 66 in 2024, 45 in 2023, 53 in 2022, 31 in 2021, 29 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.