Staff Developer Advocate - Leadership

DataDog
California, Colorado, New York, Texas
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 255,000 - 310,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Technical storytelling","Mentorship","Public speaking","Coaching","Self-driven learning"]

Serve as a technical storyteller and leader who builds Datadog’s credibility with senior technical executives. Own first-party event content programs (e.g., DASH and Datadog Summits), define executive-level advocacy initiatives, represent Datadog at major conferences, and coach internal product and engineering leaders on public communication. Create and publish technical content across formats such as demos, talks, blogging, documentation, webinars, open source, and research reports, while feeding back product insights from the field.

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Staff Developer Advocate - Leadership

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Job Summary

Serve as a technical storyteller and leader who builds Datadog’s credibility with senior technical executives. Own first-party event content programs (e.g., DASH and Datadog Summits), define executive-level advocacy initiatives, represent Datadog at major conferences, and coach internal product and engineering leaders on public communication. Create and publish technical content across formats such as demos, talks, blogging, documentation, webinars, open source, and research reports, while feeding back product insights from the field.
Location: California, Colorado, New York, Texas
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as key technical storyteller for senior technical executive audiences
  • •Drive execution of first-party technical event content programs (e.g., DASH and Datadog Summits)
  • •Create and distribute technical content across multiple mediums (demos, speaking, blogging, documentation, webinars, open source, research)
  • •Represent Datadog’s point of view at events and conferences to technical leaders
  • •Coach internal product and engineering leaders on public communication and presentations

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 255,000 - 310,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalParental Leave401kPaid LeaveGym Membership

Key Requirements

  • •Approximately 5+ years of experience as a software developer, SRE, or similar practitioner
  • •Approximately 8+ years in senior technical leadership capacity influencing technical direction and product direction
  • •Approximately 3+ years creating compelling technical content (written content, talks, workshops, videos, or live sessions)
  • •Public writing samples, demos, or recorded technical presentations
  • •Experience coaching others to speak publicly and deliver talks that resonate with technical executives
Experience:Developer advocacyDevOpsObservabilitySecurity
Skills:Technical storytellingMentorshipPublic speakingCoachingSelf-driven learning
Tech Stack:DevOpsObservabilitySecurityOpen sourceWebinarsDocumentationDASHDatadog Summits

Company Brief

DataDog
Provides a cloud-native monitoring and observability platform that unifies metrics, traces, logs, and security signals to help engineering, operations, and security teams monitor and troubleshoot modern applications and infrastructure.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2010
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