Staff Software Engineer - Frontend

Datadog · New York, New York, USA · Dev Eng · listed September 15, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority

Staff

Experience asked

4–10 years

Where

Hybrid

Stated pay

$138,000 – $305,000 USD

Requirements listed

Length

765 words

In the posting’s own words

As individual contributors, they bring world-class technical abilities to deliver industry-leading systems in areas such as data visualization, virtual runtime profiling, and planet-scale streaming.

What it asks for · 7

10+ years of relevant engineering experience
4+ years of technical leadership experience, including both effective communication of complex concepts and experience coordinating across teams to ship critical products
Running a high volume of experimentation and iteration cycles (A/B testing).
Strong UI/UX intuition, adept at working closely with product design and product management stakeholders to develop a shared vision and deliver on it
You have led development of high-complexity, high-performance interactive browser applications, including architecture, interaction design, and optimization
Ability to bring best practices from across the world of software engineering and adapt them to the frontend environment
Expertise with React

What the job covers

Use your expertise to design and deliver technology that will power the next generation of products
Coach and develop engineers at various levels, from new university graduates to senior engineers with years of industry experience
Leading redesigns of significant parts of the Datadog product and website
Owning core customer experiences, including the first-time user experience.

Tools and skills named

Cloud & infra

Datadog4×

Product & design

User experience2×
Product management

Data

Experimentation2×

Frameworks

React

Ways of working

Testing

Words the posting leans on

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industry2×

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