Datadog
Staff Engineer- Data Semantics
Remote Dev Eng role with clear candidate location fit.
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Eligible countries6 accepted countries
Seniority signalLead
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
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Role overview
Staff Engineer- Data Semantics
Requirements and responsibilities
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- Lead the technical direction of the Data Semantics team while remaining deeply hands-on in design, implementation, and delivery.
- Build and scale semantic infrastructure that bridges OpenTelemetry, Datadog-native telemetry, cloud-provider telemetry, and customer-defined data models.
- Drive platform initiatives focused on schema evolution, telemetry standardization, data insights, and semantic interoperability across Datadog products.
- Partner with engineering and product teams across the platform to define standards, align stakeholders, and deliver high-leverage platform capabilities.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, operational excellence, and long-term career development.
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead investigation and resolution efforts for complex production incidents affecting critical platform services.
- You have significant experience designing, operating, and scaling large-scale data infrastructure, distributed systems, or high-throughput data platforms.
- You have demonstrated Staff-level impact through technical leadership, architectural ownership, cross-team influence, and mentorship.
- You are a strong communicator who can drive alignment across engineering and product organizations without direct authority.
- You bring a product-oriented mindset and can connect platform investments to customer outcomes and business impact.
- You are comfortable operating in ambiguous problem spaces, balancing long-term platform strategy with pragmatic execution.
- Experience with schema design, metadata systems, OpenTelemetry, observability platforms, knowledge graphs, or AI-assisted developer tooling is a plus.
- Generous and competitive benefits package
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
- Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
- Employee-focused best in class onboarding
- Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
- Friendly and inclusive workplace culture
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