Staff Platform Engineer, Tooling

Datadog is hiring a Staff Platform Engineer, Tooling to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Staff Platform Engineer, Tooling, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a contract, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US (West Coast)). 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: • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Monitor systems and respond to incidents What we offer: • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Flexible working hours across US time zones • Paid parental leave • Annual learning and professional development budget • Generous paid time off and company holidays 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 • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) Nice to have: • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear)