Datadog's Infrastructure Monitoring product team needs to conduct deep research into cloud services to identify best practices for improving reliability, increasing performance, and optimizing cost, and translate these findings into actionable recommendations within the Datadog platform to help customers succeed with their cloud adoption.
Requirements
- You have 5+ years of hands-on experience working with a variety of services from at least one of the major public cloud providers (such as in a Solutions Architect, Technical Account Manager, or Developer Advocate role)
- You have demonstrated experience optimizing cloud environments
- You have prior experience with scripting, SQL, basic programming, and AI-assisted research
- You have prior experience publishing technical research such as in blog posts and whitepapers or presenting at technical conferences
Responsibilities
- Use product adoption data as well as feedback from customers, input from Datadog product teams and technology partners, and other sources to identify and prioritize research areas (e.g. types of technologies, specific providers)
- Use a variety of methods including AI-assisted methods to conduct deep research into prioritized areas to identify best practices for reliability, performance, and cost optimization
- Document findings and collaborate with product teams to integrate findings into relevant Datadog products by identifying relevant data in the Datadog platform and writing recommendation logic
- Working with product partners, define success metrics to measure efficacy of recommendations
- Develop processes to monitor the usefulness over time and keep recommendations up-to-date as the related technologies evolve
- Partner with Marketing, Community, and other teams to publish findings through blog posts and other channels — to strengthen Datadog’s position as a thought leader in cloud optimization
Other
- You are deeply curious about new technologies and enjoy diving into their inner workings
- You have strong analytical skills and an ability to define priorities from a long list of potential opportunities
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and can explain deep technical insights to non-expert stakeholders
- You have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
- 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.
