Datadog Software Developer reviews

4.1

92% would recommend to a friend

(94 total reviews)
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Olivier Pomel

92% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Datadog with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 94 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Datadog is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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94 reviews
5.0
Oct 17, 2025
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Highly technical culture for engineers

Cons

Work life balance highly team dependent

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Datadog Response
7mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad you value Datadog’s technical culture and the opportunities it offers engineers to grow and solve complex problems. We appreciate your note about work-life balance varying by team and continue to look for ways to support greater consistency across the organization. Thank you for your contributions and perspective.
5.0
Oct 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good business/product-oriented development - Open to new technologies - Dare to take big and challenging problems - Remote friendly

Cons

- Stock is not performing well since I joined ~4 years ago compared to FAANG - Product and tech debts start to show and difficult to remove

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Datadog Response
7mo
Thank you for your thoughtful review and for sharing both the positives and challenges you’ve observed. We’re glad you value Datadog’s openness to new technologies, focus on impactful work, and culture. We appreciate your feedback and remain committed to continually improving how we build and scale our products. Thank you for your contributions and for being part of the team.
1.0
Oct 15, 2025

Toxic work culture.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learning to go through badly written spaghetti code.

Cons

Toxic coworkers that will throw you under the bus on any occasion.

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