Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack. As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you will provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and support technical evaluations to help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Sales team to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition, vision and strategy to customers
- Own technical engagement with customers during the trial phase. Communicate Datadog’s value based on activities and work with customers on any identified issues or concerns to successful conclusion
- Technically close complex opportunities through advanced competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility
- Deliver product and technical briefings / presentations to potential clients
- Maintain accurate notes and feedback in CRM regarding customer input both wins and losses
- Proactively engage and communicate with customers and Datadog business/technical teams regarding product feedback and competitive landscape
Skills
- Passionate about educating customers on observability risks that are meaningful to their business, and able to build and execute an evaluation plan with a customer
- Someone with strong written and oral communication skills. This role requires an ability to understand and articulate both the business benefits (value proposition) and technical advantages of our offering
- Experienced in programming/scripting with any of the following: Java, Python, Ruby, Go, Node.JS, PHP, and .NET etc
- Someone with a minimum of 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or DevOps Engineering role
- Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites
- Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 45% of the time
Benefits
- Best-in-breed onboarding
- Generous global benefits
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
- Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits
- A 401(k) plan and match
- Paid time off
- Fitness reimbursements
- A discounted employee stock purchase plan
Company Overview
Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.datadoghq.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Datadog has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 8 in 2026, 123 in 2025, 66 in 2024, 45 in 2023, 53 in 2022, 31 in 2021, 29 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.