# Datadog

Skill · Cloud Computing and DevOps

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/datadog

Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform used by IT and DevOps teams to track the performance of servers, applications, databases, and infrastructure in real time. It aggregates metrics, logs, and traces into unified dashboards and alerts, helping engineers detect and troubleshoot issues quickly. It is widely used for observability in modern cloud-native and microservices environments.

## Datadog in the job market

- Open roles: 91
- Employers hiring: 52
- Median stated pay: $180,000 (middle half $159,000 – $216,000), from 68 of 91 open roles — the 75% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside Datadog

Measured from the 91 open roles that name Datadog, not from a curated list.

- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-web-services-aws) — 70 roles (76.9%)
- [Kubernetes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kubernetes) — 59 roles (64.8%)
- [Terraform](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/terraform) — 51 roles (56.0%)
- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 49 roles (53.8%)
- [Grafana](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/grafana) — 40 roles (44.0%)
- [Prometheus](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/prometheus) — 38 roles (41.8%)
- [Microsoft Azure](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/microsoft-azure) — 34 roles (37.4%)
- [Docker](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/docker) — 30 roles (33.0%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Entry: 2 (2%)
- Mid: 15 (18%)
- Senior: 53 (64%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 10 (12%)
- Management: 3 (4%)

From 83 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Datadog roles are

- [New York, NY](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-york-ny) — 17
- [Austin, TX](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/austin-tx) — 4
- [San Francisco, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/san-francisco-ca) — 4
- [Atlanta, GA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/atlanta-ga) — 3
- [Saint Louis, MO](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/saint-louis-mo) — 3
- [Boston, MA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/boston-ma) — 2

Among the 54 of 91 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Datadog

- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 39
- [Site Reliability Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/site-reliability-engineer) — 11
- [Solutions Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/solutions-architect) — 5
- [DevOps Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/devops-engineer) — 3
- [Data Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-engineer) — 2
- [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager) — 2

## Employers hiring for Datadog

- [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg) — 11 open roles
- [LangChain](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/langchain) — 5 open roles
- [Bend Studio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bend-studio) — 4 open roles
- [Comcast](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/comcast) — 4 open roles
- [Hims and Hers](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/hims-and-hers) — 4 open roles
- [The New York Times Company](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/the-new-york-times-company) — 4 open roles

Related skills: [Prometheus](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/prometheus), [Grafana](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/grafana), [Splunk](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/splunk), [New Relic](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/new-relic), [Sensu](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/sensu), [Zabbix](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/zabbix), [Dynatrace](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/dynatrace), [System Monitoring](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/system-monitoring), [Amazon CloudWatch](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-cloudwatch), [Application Performance Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/application-performance-management), [StatsD](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/statsd), [AIOps](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/aiops)

## Open roles requiring Datadog (91)

- [Deployed Architect, Professional Services (Austin)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/langchain/da7cbabd-ceed-4d7d-ae25-f226cac0c1c1/application) at [LangChain](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/langchain) — Full-time, Austin, TX · Remote, $170,000 – $190,000 (listed on LangChain's own careers site)
- [Software Development Engineer II, Cloud Platform](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Mapbox/582fb3a3-d395-4ebc-8b8f-3ce3212c11cf/application) at [Mapbox](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mapbox) — Mapbox US · Remote, $157,675 – $213,325 (listed on Mapbox's own careers site)
- [Network Engineer II - Hybrid AZ](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5bbc5ed9-d50c-4cfa-97c3-c5d0927ed22b/network-engineer-ii-hybrid-az-at-best-western) at [Best Western](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/best-western) — Full-time, Phoenix, AZ
- [Senior Cloud/Platform Operations Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/cdad59b6-8d00-4b1a-a1c8-c9d0ce15085a/senior-cloud-platform-operations-engineer-at-bain-capital) at [Bain Capital](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bain-capital) — Full-time, Boston, MA, $155,000 – $180,000
- [SW Engineer- Developer Systems Reliability Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/c9becf4b-773d-41e6-a55c-6b33ca7ee875/sw-engineer-developer-systems-reliability-engineering-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, Austin, TX, $88,000 – $136,900
- [Lead Development Engineer -AI-Assisted Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a0944a9d-8760-47df-9e37-ec0203e361c6/lead-development-engineer-ai-assisted-engineering-at-tyson-foods) at [Tyson Foods](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/tyson-foods) — Springdale, AR
- [Senior Observability Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f9e93c7c-fa62-4f37-b2ef-22deba0cb393/senior-observability-engineer-at-moderna) at [Moderna](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/moderna)
- [Devops Engineer (Japanese speaking)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8821af8d-1844-4687-9ced-bcce534ddbed/devops-engineer-japanese-speaking-at-accenture) at [Accenture](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/accenture)
- [Senior Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/fca1e729-768f-496a-b038-d8e84d58dc94/senior-software-engineer-at-workday) at [Workday](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/workday) — Full-time, Pleasanton, CA, $160,100 – $285,100
- [Senior Software Engineer, Site Performance](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/01e9114b-27c0-407d-9179-635afb0693cb/senior-software-engineer-site-performance-at-warner-bros-discovery) at [Warner Bros. Discovery](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/warner-bros-discovery) — Atlanta, GA

All 91 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=ff39e183-5aba-41b2-bee9-7b90852c255b