Staff Engineer - Cloud Networks

  Datadog’s Cloud Networks team designs, builds, and maintains the production network infrastructure that powers everything built on top of our platform across AWS, GCP, Azure, and beyond. In this role, you’ll set technical direction for how we scale our multi-region, multi-cloud network footprint while keeping reliability and performance high. You’ll partner closely with internal teams and Cloud Service Providers to troubleshoot complex connectivity issues, integrate new networking capabilities, and improve the foundations our engineers and customers rely on. This is a high-impact opportunity to drive meaningful improvements in scale, resiliency, and cost efficiency. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture, the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Design, build, and operate cloud network infrastructure across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Neoclouds in a multi-region environment. Own connectivity between clouds, customers, and developers—ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable network paths. Set clear technical direction for expanding data centers and evolving the network while maintaining stability and performance. Improve cross-site and cross-region connectivity patterns to support Datadog’s growing platform needs. Lead deep investigations into latency, packet loss, and connectivity failures – from p