Developer Engagement Lead

Datadog

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$139,000–$164,000 / yr
Posted
85 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays less than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $161,812–$216,587 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $189k for comparable roles.

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About Datadog

Datadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.

Datadog currently has 73 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $192,000–$240,000 across 71 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Developer Engagement Lead

The Developer Engagement Lead sits within the Product organization to own how the company listens to and participates in developer conversations across various platforms. This builder role involves creating an operating model for developer engagement at scale by building monitoring and response systems for platforms like Reddit, Discord, GitHub, Stack Overflow, X, and LinkedIn. You will develop workflows to route feedback to engineers and product managers, manage official social channels, and establish response guidelines. The role requires using automation, APIs, and AI to monitor technical discussions and surface recurring pain points. You will also define measurement systems to track sentiment and participation. Success involves turning shipped work into active conversations and ensuring technical voices from within the company can participate directly in these external developer communities.

What you'll do

  • Build and manage systems to monitor developer conversations across platforms like Reddit, Discord, and GitHub.
  • Create workflows to route developer questions and feedback to the appropriate engineers and product teams.
  • Manage and grow Datadog’s official developer social accounts on X and LinkedIn.
  • Establish and scale Datadog's presence in new developer communities and platforms.
  • Define response guidelines and escalation paths to ensure developer inquiries are addressed efficiently.
  • Surface recurring product feedback and competitive mentions to the Product and Engineering teams.
  • Develop metrics to measure engagement, sentiment, and product discovery beyond basic social stats.
  • Run experiments on new platforms, content formats, and engagement workflows to optimize reach.

What we're looking for

  • You have experience building an audience, community, engagement program, or similar function with measurable outcomes.
  • You understand developer behavior online and have strong judgment regarding when a company should join a conversation.
  • You can create systems and workflows for monitoring, triage, response playbooks, and measurement at scale.
  • You are comfortable with tooling, automation, monitoring platforms, APIs, and AI to support technical products.
  • You can earn participation from internal experts and translate developer feedback into actionable product insights.
  • Experience working with a technical or enthusiast audience is especially valuable.
  • Experience building social listening or community-monitoring systems (preferred).
  • Deep familiarity with Reddit, Discord, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow, or similar developer platforms (preferred).

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