Senior Platform Engineer, Observability

Datadog is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer, Observability to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Senior Platform Engineer, Observability, 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: • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Partner with engineering on scalability and security What we offer: • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage • Home office and wellness stipends • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • Paid parental leave 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: • 5+ years of relevant experience • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • On-call and incident response experience • Strong troubleshooting skills • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) Nice to have: • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team • Comfort communicating clearly and proactively in writing