Datadog Salary

💰 $123K–$216K salary range

Median: $176K  ·  Based on 197 public Datadog job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026

This Datadog salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Datadog

• Distinguished Architect, AI — $300K–$484K · Product Solutions Architecture
• AI Research Engineer - Datadog AI Research (DAIR) — $140K–$400K · Dev Eng
• AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR) — $140K–$400K · Dev Eng
• Director, Product Management - Infrastructure Monitoring — $300K–$385K · Product Management
• Director, Product Management - Core Platforms — $300K–$385K · Product Management
• Director, Product Management - AI Observability — $300K–$385K · Product Management
• Director, Engineering - Detection Platform — $280K–$350K · Leadership
• Area Vice President, Sales Engineering — $238K–$349K · Enterprise Sales Engineering
• Staff Applied Scientist - Dashboards — $276K–$345K · Dev Eng
• Staff Applied Scientist - Agentic Interfaces — $276K–$345K · Dev Eng

Datadog salary by department

• dev eng: $267K median · $400K top base — AI Research Engineer - Datadog AI Research (DAIR) (view JD) (23 roles)
• product design: $245K median · $320K top base — Director, User Research - Product Design (view JD) (6 roles)
• product management: $216K median · $385K top base — Director, Product Management - Infrastructure Monitoring (view JD) (24 roles)
• security: $216K median · $300K top base — Staff Application Security Engineer (view JD) (7 roles)
• leadership: $214K median · $350K top base — Director, Engineering - Detection Platform (view JD) (7 roles)
• people: $178K median · $290K top base — Director, Compensation Programs (view JD) (6 roles)
• channels & alliances: $176K median · $286K top base — Principal Partner Manager - Technology Alliances (view JD) (11 roles)
• enterprise sales engineering: $174K median · $349K top base — Area Vice President, Sales Engineering (view JD) (7 roles)

Datadog salary by seniority

• Junior: $100K median · $145K top base — FP&A Analyst - Data Insights (view JD) (7)
• Mid: $115K median · $250K top base — Privacy Counsel (view JD) (30)
• Senior: $174K median · $312K top base — Senior Corporate Development Lead, AI (view JD) (78)
• Staff: $267K median · $484K top base — Distinguished Architect, AI (view JD) (31)

Datadog salary — lead & management

• Manager: $174K median · $305K top base — Group Product Manager - Code Security (view JD) (40)
• Director: $270K median · $385K top base — Director, Product Management - Infrastructure Monitoring (view JD) (9)

Datadog salary by location

• New York: $214K median · $484K top base — Distinguished Architect, AI (view JD) (96 roles)
• Boston: $173K median · $349K top base — Area Vice President, Sales Engineering (view JD) (34 roles)
• Denver: $113K median · $213K top base — Manager I, Technical Account Management (view JD) (13 roles)
• San Francisco: $121K median · $312K top base — Senior Corporate Development Lead, AI (view JD) (10 roles)
• Remote: $174K median · $269K top base — Principal Partner Solutions Architect (Public Sector - Fed) (view JD) (7 roles)
• Chicago: $143K median · $213K top base — Manager 1, Technical Account Management - Chicago/Denver (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Datadog

4% of Datadog's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Datadog looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: MEDDPICC (43) · Python (22) · Go (20) · Spring (16) · AWS (15) · Kubernetes (13) · GCP (13) · Azure (12) · Java (10) · JavaScript (10).

Benefits & perks at Datadog

Commonly listed: 401k (165) · dental (155) · mental-health (155) · pto (155) · medical (32) · parental (1) · gym (1).

About Datadog

Datadog is Public stage · 5,001–10,000 employees · founded 2010 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Datadog

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 22 that do, PhD and Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 84% of these postings reference equity (rsu, espp). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Datadog total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 1% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Datadog hiring activity

Datadog has 197 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 197 public job postings with disclosed pay. 56 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (107 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 2 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Datadog pay?
The median pay is $176K, with a typical range of $123K–$216K, based on 197 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Datadog?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Distinguished Architect, AI, at $300K–$484K base.

Which team pays the most at Datadog?
The dev eng team, at a $267K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 197 public Datadog job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 1, 2026.

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