Staff Engineer - Cloud Networks
Drive improvements in cloud network infrastructure across multiple regions and clouds at Datadog.
Posted by employer 2 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 5 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Design cloud network infrastructure
- Own connectivity between clouds
- Set technical direction for data centers
- Improve cross-site connectivity patterns
- Lead investigations into connectivity failures
Must have
- Deep networking expertise
- Experience with BGP and route policies
- Experience designing large-scale Software-Defined Networks
- Comfortable with ambiguous problems
- Practical experience operating production infrastructure
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Engineer for Cloud Networks at Datadog, the individual will focus on designing and maintaining the production network infrastructure across multiple cloud platforms, ensuring high reliability and performance. Key skills include deep networking knowledge, particularly in BGP and Software-Defined Networks, along with strong software development capabilities. This position is suited for experienced professionals who can navigate complex networking challenges and drive collaboration across teams. Datadog emphasizes a collaborative office culture and operates as a hybrid workplace.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 5 days ago — first seen on Joblaze October 10, 2026. Last confirmed on Datadog's careers page October 14, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for DevOps/SRE roles (median ~$165,000).
- Starts above 84% of 38 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States that list AWS we track (median $194,700 across 23 companies). See AWS salary trends
- AWS appears in 63.8% of 80 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States; Azure appears in 22.5% of 80 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Engineer - Cloud Networks role remote?
- It's hybrid — Datadog expects some on-site time in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York, New York, USA.
- What's the salary range?
- Datadog lists $244,000–$305,000 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Datadog is hiring for this position in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York, New York, USA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, GCP, Software-Defined Networks.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Datadog targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Engineer - Cloud Networks role at Datadog.
From the original posting
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 how we scale 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.
At Datadog, we place value in our office culture, the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
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 that may originate from customer support
- Identify and deliver network-related efficiency and cost-saving opportunities that positively impact business health.
Who You Are:
- 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).
Benefits and Growth:
- 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
#LI-Hybrid
Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.
About Datadog:
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