Seen live Oct 18, 2026; first seen Oct 15, 2026.
Pay in context
This posting lists $244,000 to $305,000 a year, a midpoint of $274,500.
The midpoint is higher than 64 percent of software engineering postings in New York, NY that list pay.
New York has a pay transparency law: covered employers must include a pay range in a job posting. Which employers are covered depends on their size.
How long it has been open
Posted Oct 14, 2026, 5 days ago, and seen on Datadog's careers page today.
At 5 days old, it is under the 46-day median.
Datadog's postings we have seen close took a median of 5 days.
Datadog at a glance
Datadog has 433 open postings that we can see, 32 in software engineering; 51 percent list pay.
The application
Applying goes through Greenhouse.
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Seniority
Level: senior.
Place and cost of living
On site in New York, NY; prices in NY run 8 percent above the US average.