Datadog Software Engineer II reviews

4.6

90% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)
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Olivier Pomel

99% approve of CEO

90% positive business outlook

Software Engineer II employees have rated Datadog with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer II professionals have an excellent working experience there. Datadog is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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30 reviews
2.0
Mar 4, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting problems and working with great people on the team. Great PTO and work-life balance.

Cons

Absolute lack of transparency from upper management. Care for people and team health is sad. Have seen a higher than expected number of engineers ambush fired. Inequities between organizations on pay and promotion rates.

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Datadog Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We are glad that you find your work interesting and enjoy working with your team, but sorry to hear your concerns around upper management transparency and team wellbeing. We would love to discuss your concerns further - please don't hesitate to reach out to your manager or People Business Partner. We are always open to hearing how we can improve.
5.0
Jul 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The nice thing about Datadog is that it hires people who are not mean-holes. Which means that everyone I work with is genuinely nice, and smart af.

Cons

A whole lot of dudes. Getting better, but still a lot of dudes.

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Datadog Response
3y
Thank you so much for this feedback and sharing your experience at Datadog. Our People team strives to create a culture where everyone feels they can succeed and grow from their first day onward. Building and supporting diverse teams is a priority of ours and our Recruiting and hiring teams are actively working on this. Feedback like this helps us understand both what we're doing well and where we still have room to improve, so thank you again, and we're glad to have you on the Datadog team!
5.0
Jul 16, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent work culture, reasonable performance expectations, soft deadlines, motivating and exciting community, bleeding-edge technologies, laid-back but strong-leading founders, better benefits than most, excellent in-office meals / snacks

Cons

Slightly muted personalities -- everyone is extremely smart and into their work so it's hard to converse about anything outside of work. Solutions engineers are heavily challenged but are offered an engineering role if they perform successfully. Sales reps work off a performance-based system which seems very contrary to how the engineering department operates. But I don't know any sales reps personally so I can't speak for them

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Datadog Response
4y
Thank you so much for this feedback and sharing your experience at Datadog! We’re glad to hear that you enjoyed multiple aspects of working in Datadog. We’re fostering a workforce of drive, passionate, and kind individuals from many background by championing professional development and diversity of thought. As we gradually open up some offices following the current pandemic situation and government guidelines, we hope to create more opportunities for team to connect in person. Feedback like this helps us understand both what we’re doing well and where we still have room to improve, so thank you again, and we’re glad to have you on the Datadog team!
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