Staff Engineer - Cloud Networks
Datadog · Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York, New York, USA
About this role
**Staff Engineer - Cloud Networks** Datadog’s Cloud Networks team designs, builds, and maintains the production network infrastructure that powers everything built on top of our platform across AWS, GCP, Azure, and beyond. In this role, you’ll set technical direction for scaling our multi-region, multi-cloud network footprint while keeping reliability and performance high. You’ll partner closely with internal teams and Cloud Service Providers to troubleshoot complex connectivity issues, integrate new networking capabilities, and improve the foundations our engineers and customers rely on. This is a high-impact opportunity to drive meaningful improvements in scale, resiliency, and cost efficiency. --- **What You’ll Do** - Design, build, and operate cloud network infrastructure across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Neoclouds in a multi-region environment. - Own connectivity between clouds, customers, and developers—ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable network paths. - Set clear technical direction for expanding data centers and evolving the network while maintaining stability and performance. - Improve cross-site and cross-region connectivity patterns to support Datadog’s growing platform needs. - Lead deep investigations into latency, packet loss, and connectivity failures—from pcap and path analysis through to escalations with cloud providers. - Identify and deliver network-related efficiency and cost-saving opportunities that positively impact business health. --- **Who You Are** - Deep networking expertise: BGP, route policies, path selection, prefix advertisement, and what breaks in large-scale networking. - Substantial experience designing, building, and evolving large-scale Software-Defined Networks (including interconnected environments). - Enjoy building software and use code as the default way to operate a network—strong developer in a networking-heavy domain. - Comfortable owning ambiguous problems, setting direction, and driving cross-team collaboration (including across time zones). - Practical experience operating production infrastructure and responding to incidents (including participating in on-call ownership where applicable). --- **Benefits & Growth** - Generous and competitive benefits package - New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan - Continuous career development and pathing opportunities - Best-in-class onboarding - Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program - Friendly and inclusive workplace culture *Note: Benefits and Growth may vary based on country of employment and the nature of employment with Datadog.* **Work Style**: #LI-Hybrid --- **About Datadog** Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence.
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