Datadog
Datadog Career Growth & Development
Datadog Employee Perspectives
We provide education that’s standard across all engineering teams while helping each team develop its own individual skill set.
Datadog has done an incredible job of fostering career mobility organically. About one in three Datadogs move internally each year, be it through team moves, promotions or location changes.
Through my personal internal mobility journey at Datadog, I’ve been able to work with different stakeholder groups, gain increased exposure to global teams and build large-scale programs with immense impact.
On transitioning into a brand new sales role:
"The SDR role, although very difficult at first, showed me that sales is not for the weak. It shaped my career, gave me a solid foundation in sales and ultimately led to my promotion to commercial account executive in June of 2025, where I am today."
Datadog Employee Reviews
What People Are Saying About Datadog
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Internal Mobility: A formal internal mobility program, role-specific journey maps (e.g., SDR Journey Map), and an embed program enable team moves, promotions, and cross-team exposure without leaving the company. Company materials describe transitions across engineering, sales, SRE, and product-adjacent paths.
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Training & Education Access: Company-run learning paths, live/on-demand sessions, certifications, and a public Learn hub with docs and blogs provide structured, accessible upskilling from onboarding onward. Workshops, Learning Week events, coaching (including language coaching), and manager/leadership training extend education across roles and regions.
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Challenging Assignments: Work on observability, security, and cloud platforms at scale—plus AI/ML-adjacent initiatives like Bits AI—exposes employees to complex, modern systems. Deep partnerships and a broad product surface create diverse, real-world use cases that accelerate transferable learning.
Datadog's Benefits
Allows employees to pursue continuing education during work hours
We encourage our employees to set aside time for learning through the various learning platforms offered. We also offer an annual Learning Week, which our Talent Development team runs.
Hosts Lunch and Learns
Job training & conferences
With access over 3,500 top-rated business, technical, and personal development courses, Datadog offers comprehensive training programs to all employees.
Offers apprenticeship programs
Datadog offers an embed program so that employees within specific departments have the opportunity to shadow others and learn about various career paths within the company.
Offers mentorship program
Our mentorship program begins day one of your employment with us and will evolve throughout your career at Datadog.
Provides continuing education stipend
Depending on your department and desires, stipends to attend conferences or courses are offered by Datadog.
Provides online course subscriptions
Provides personal development training
Promote from within
Provides customized development tracks
