
Senior Developer Advocate – Data Observability
Datadog
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $194,000 - $237,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Act as a subject matter expert for data observability on behalf of the Datadog advocacy and engineering teams
- Create content in one or more mediums to build Datadog's reputation as a leader in data engineering and observability e.g. building demos, public speaking, blogging, documentation, webinars, open source, research reports and more
- Partner with and coach internal product and customer engineering teams on effective public communication and presentations for the work they do
- Contribute to the product through feedback (bugs or product enhancements suggestions)
- Identify and pursue opportunities for events, programs, and other community-focused work that establishes trust with practitioners
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as a software developer, data engineer, SRE, or other practitioner building and maintaining production systems
- 3+ years of experience in advocacy, developer relations, or equivalent experience reaching technical audiences through written content, conference talks, workshops, webinars, videos, or open-source contributions
- Publicly available writing samples, demos, repositories, or recordings of technical presentations
- Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure and container-based systems
- A strong interest in self-directed learning and exploring new technologies, tools, and problem spaces.
Benefits
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
- Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
- Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data observabilitysoftware developmentdata engineeringsite reliability engineering (SRE)public speakingcontent creationopen source contributionstechnical writingprogrammingcloud infrastructure
Soft Skills
coachingpublic communicationpresentation skillsself-directed learningcommunity engagementtrust buildingcollaborationfeedback provisionevent planningadvocacy