Cloud Researcher, Infrastructure Monitoring

As a Cloud Researcher on Datadog’s Infrastructure Monitoring product team, you’ll conduct deep research into popular and emerging cloud services to identify best practices for improving reliability, increasing performance, and optimizing cost.   You’ll work closely with multiple product teams to translate these findings into actionable recommendations embedded in the Datadog platform.   This role offers the opportunity to build broad knowledge in a wide range of technologies across layers of the stack and clouds — as well as to help Datadog’s growing base of 30,000+ customers to be more successful with their cloud adoption.   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 You’ll Do:  

• Use product adoption data as well as feedback from customers, input from Datadog product teams and technology partners, and other sources to identify and prioritize research areas (e.g. types of technologies, specific providers)  
• Use a variety of methods including AI-assisted methods to conduct deep research into prioritized areas to identify best practices for reliability, performance, and cost optimization  
• Document findings and collaborate with product teams to integrate findings into relevant Datadog products by identifying relevant data in the Datadog platform and writing recommendation logic  
• Working with product partners, define success metrics to measure efficacy of recommendations  
• Develop processes to monitor the usefulness over time and keep recommendations up-to-date as the related technologies evolve  
• Partner with Marketing, Community, and other teams to publish findings through blog posts and other channels — to strengthen Datadog’s position as a thought leader in cloud optimization  

 

Who You Are:  

• You have 5+ years of hands-on experience working with a variety of services from at least one of the major public cloud providers (such as in a Solutions Architect, Technical Account Manager, or Developer Advocate role)  
• You are deeply curious about new technologies and enjoy diving into their inner workings  
• You have demonstrated experience optimizing cloud environments  
• You have strong analytical skills and an ability to define priorities from a long list of potential opportunities  
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and can explain deep technical insights to non-expert stakeholders
• You have prior experience with scripting, SQL, basic programming, and AI-assisted research  
• You have prior experience publishing technical research such as in blog posts and whitepapers or presenting at technical conferences  
• You have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience 

 

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That’s okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your experience, we encourage you to apply.

 

Benefits & Growth:  

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)  
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing  
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking  
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds  
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions  
• Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+  
• Competitive global benefits  

 

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature  
of your employment with Datadog.

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$200,000—$240,000 USD

About Datadog: 

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and i