Datadog for Startups Founding Engineering Lead
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Job Description & Specifications
Official role breakdown, eligibility standards, and core responsibilities
Role Overview Datadog for Startups Founding Engineering Lead
Organization: Datadog
Employment Model: Full-time, Permanent
Compensation Range: CAD 218,000 - 323,000 / year + Comprehensive Corporate Benefits & Equity
About Datadog
Datadog is the essential monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, providing full-stack observability for infrastructure, applications, and logs.
Position Scope & Key Objectives
As a Datadog for Startups Founding Engineering Lead at Datadog, you will play an instrumental role in advancing high-impact engineering, operational, and organizational initiatives across our international teams.
The Datadog for Startups (DDFS) program helps the next generation of fast-scaling companies adopt best-in-class observability and security from day one. We're looking for the technical engine of this program - someone who can sit across from a startup CTO, earn credibility in the first five minutes, and help them see how Datadog fits into their stack before they've even finished describing it. You'll be the first technical member on a lean, five-person team, owning the technical motion end-to-end: discovery calls, demos, startup enablement, forward-deployed engineering pro
Statutory Visa Sponsorship & Relocation
Accredited Global Sponsor: Datadog maintains official statutory employer sponsorship credentials: US Certified H-1B & O-1 Sponsor, UK Home Office Licensed Worker A-Rating.
Immigration Support: Full legal counsel provided for foreign national candidates (US H-1B/O-1/TN, UK Skilled Worker Visa, Canadian Global Skills Strategy, or Australian TSS Subclass 482).
International Relocation: Selected overseas candidates qualify for relocation allowance, temporary accommodation support, and official Certificate of Sponsorship / petition processing.
Key Requirements
Official Employer Verified Direct Application Channel via Datadog Careers.
- Proven professional track record in relevant engineering, product, technical, or corporate disciplines.
- Strong problem-solving methodology, analytical rigor, and cross-functional communication.
- Passion for excellence, continuous learning, and scalable system design.
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