Datadog

Lots of opportunity to make an impact - Staff Software Engineer Datadog Employee Review

5.0

Sep 9, 2025

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Company is just over the cusp of moving from being a small company to a large one. Lots of the tools and process is rip for growing to the next generation. - Positive feedback loop of the products making customers better at delivery, and thus having new challenges to face, for which we can develop new products. - Culture encourages work life balance. 70 hour weeks are not expected or encouraged. - Hybrid 3 day/week in office is ideal for me. - competitive salary & benefits - High level decisions seem to be made thoughtfully. - Global teams helps prevent group-think.

Cons

- Eng teams tend to design 1-2 quarters out, for well known paths only, instead of gathering broad requirements to design for 1-2 years out, while implementing incrementally. - 4 years of rapid growth has left much technical debt. But this is also an opportunity for great projects. - Global teams means you spend a lot of time in VC. - Hints of NIH syndrome (but not nearly as much as previous employer)

Datadog Response

8mo

Thank you for your thoughtful review. It’s great to hear you value the culture, growth opportunities, and the impact our products create for customers. We also appreciate your perspective on long-term planning, tech debt, and collaboration across global teams. Insights like these are helpful as we continue to evolve. We appreciate your contributions to the team!

Lots of opportunity to make an impact - Staff Software Engineer Datadog Employee Review

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