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Engineering Compensation Partner

Datadog· Engineering
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Boston, New York$143k - $190kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

We’re building the Compensation functions with the People team to scale with and support one of the fastest growing companies in tech. The role is hybrid, based in Boston or New York, and involves advising on compensation strategy for Go To Market functions, partnering with global teams and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate closely with global business recruiting team on offers in real time as a trusted advisor
  • Consult with and influence HR Business Partners, Recruiting, and Managers + Leadership to help drive compensation decisions and strategy critical for our Go To Market functions (sale, marketing)
  • Use external data and a strong understanding of our business, maintain a competitive and current job catalog for all of our Technical Solutions and General & Administration teams
  • Provide regular updates on industry trends and best practices, especially with respect to stock, to help ensure our overall Compensation strategy is highly competitive
  • Partner with compensation colleagues to support the compensation team’s internal data gathering, modeling, analytics, reporting, and insights, using recruiting intelligence, manager knowledge, and benchmarking surveys to make sure our compensation approach is market-leading, scalable, and internally aligned
  • Identify when our standard program is not meeting the needs of the business and proactively suggest improvements

Qualifications

  • Experience in 5+ years of Compensation work, with expert-level understanding of compensation survey data and providers, and industry best practices
  • You have supported technical solutions and/or general administration teams understand how to align compensation strategies to drive performance and retention
  • You’ve worked in public or high-growth SaaS/technology companies, ideally supporting global teams including Technical Solutions organizations
  • You are both analytically rigorous and business savvy, able to translate data into actionable insights and influence decisions across cross-functional stakeholders

Skills

Required:Compensation strategyData analysis and modelingStakeholder management

Benefits

  • New hire stock equity (RSU) 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, opportunity to join our Community Guilds
  • Generous and competitive benefits package
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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