Staff Engineer - Cloud Networks

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

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 it asks for · 5

• You have deep networking expertise. You understand BGP, route policies, path selection, prefix advertisement, and what breaks in large-scale networking.
• You have substantial experience designing, building, and evolving large-scale Software-Defined Networks—including interconnected environments.
• You enjoy building software and reach for code as the default way to operate a network—performing as a strong developer in a networking-heavy domain.
• You’re comfortable owning ambiguous problems, setting direction, and driving cross-team collaboration—especially with teams distributed across time zones.
• You bring practical experience operating production infrastructure and responding to incidents (including participating in on-call ownership where applicable).

What the job covers

• Design, build, and operate cloud network infrastructure across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Neoclouds in a multi-region environment.
• Own connectivity between clouds, customers, and developers—ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable network paths.
• Set clear technical direction for expanding data centers and evolving the network while maintaining stability and performance.
• Improve cross-site and cross-region connectivity patterns to support Datadog’s growing platform needs.
• Lead deep investigations into latency, packet loss, and connectivity failures – from pcap and path analysis through to escalations with cloud providers that may originate from customer support
• Identify and deliver network-related efficiency and cost-saving opportunities that positively impact business health.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• network8×
• cloud5×
• connectivity4×
• builds3×
• customers3×
• networking3×
• operate3×
• path3×
• aws gcp2×
• bring2×
• building2×
• collaboration2×
• deep2×
• design2×
• developer2×
• efficiency2×

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