Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Datadog is hiring a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a full-time, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Partner with engineering on scalability and security What we offer: • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture • Generous paid time off and company holidays • Paid parental leave • Flexible working hours across US time zones How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Datadog is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 7+ years of experience, including leading teams or projects • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Strong troubleshooting skills • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) • On-call and incident response experience Nice to have: • Comfort communicating clearly and proactively in writing • Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment