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Staff Engineer - Cloud Networks

Datadog· Cloud Networks
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Hybrid (Boston / Denver / New York)$244k - $305kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Datadog’s Cloud Networks team designs, builds, and maintains production network infrastructure across multi-region, multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, and Neoclouds). The role sets technical direction to scale the network footprint, improves connectivity, reliability, and performance, and partners with internal teams and cloud providers to troubleshoot and optimize networking foundations.

Responsibilities

  • 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 that may originate from customer support
  • Identify and deliver network-related efficiency and cost-saving opportunities that positively impact business health.

Qualifications

  • You have deep networking expertise. You understand BGP, route policies, path selection, prefix advertisement, and what breaks in large-scale networking.
  • You have substantial experience designing, building, and evolving large-scale Software-Defined Networks—including interconnected environments.
  • You enjoy building software and reach for code as the default way to operate a network—performing as a strong developer in a networking-heavy domain.
  • You’re comfortable owning ambiguous problems, setting direction, and driving cross-team collaboration—especially with teams distributed across time zones.
  • You bring practical experience operating production infrastructure and responding to incidents (including participating in on-call ownership where applicable).

Skills

Required:NetworkingSoftware-Defined Networking
Nice to have:Software development for networking

Benefits

  • Generous and competitive benefits package
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
  • Employee-focused best in class onboarding
  • Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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