Engineering Compensation Partner

Datadog

Confirmed live yesterday High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Salary
$143,000–$190,000 / yr
Posted
58 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Competitive pay

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $190k
This role $166k
$132k most similar roles pay here $247k

This role pays less than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $144,449–$235,875 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $166k versus about $190k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

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 266 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $161,000–$205,000 across 138 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Datadog

At a glance

TL;DR · Engineering Compensation Partner

As an Engineering Compensation Partner, you will join the People team to build out compensation functions for a high-growth technology company. You will serve as a trusted advisor to global business recruiting teams, providing real-time guidance on offers and influencing HR Business Partners and leadership to drive strategy for Go To Market functions. Your daily responsibilities include maintaining a competitive job catalog for Technical Solutions and General & Administration teams using external data and benchmarking surveys. You will also perform data modeling, analytics, and reporting to ensure compensation remains market-leading and scalable. The role requires over five years of experience in compensation work, an expert understanding of survey data, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for technical solutions and general administration teams within a public or high-growth SaaS environment.

What you'll do

  • Act as a trusted advisor to the global recruiting team regarding real-time offers.
  • Advise HR Business Partners and leadership on compensation decisions for Go To Market functions.
  • Maintain a competitive job catalog for Technical Solutions and General & Administration teams using external data.
  • Provide regular updates on industry trends and best practices, specifically regarding stock options.
  • Perform internal data gathering, modeling, analytics, and reporting to ensure market-leading compensation.
  • Analyze recruiting intelligence and benchmarking surveys to ensure internal alignment and scalability.
  • Identify gaps in standard programs and proactively suggest improvements to meet business needs.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in 5+ years of compensation work.
  • Expert-level understanding of compensation survey data and providers.
  • Knowledge of industry best practices for compensation.
  • Experience supporting technical solutions or general administration teams.
  • Experience working in public or high-growth SaaS/technology companies.
  • Ability to support global teams, specifically within Technical Solutions organizations.
  • Analytical rigor and business savvy to translate data into actionable insights.
  • Ability to influence decisions across cross-functional stakeholders.

More like this

Similar roles

Partner Technology Solutions Engineer

Datadog

101 days ago $156,000$195,000
OpenTelemetry Python Go APIs Linux Cloud Infrastructure OAuth Metrics Logs Traces JIRA Zendesk Slack AI Coding Tools Observability
3+ yrs exp Hybrid

Partner Solutions Engineer

AppLovin

Remote (Palo Alto, CA) 102 days ago $126,000$188,000
CAPI SQL Python JavaScript APIs Shopify Google Tag Manager Data Analysis Ad Tech Server-side Tracking Pixels Scripting Troubleshooting
2+ yrs exp Remote

Principal Partner Engineer

Cloudflare, Inc

Tokyo, Japan 4 days ago
SASE SSE Zero Trust DNS Cloud Infrastructure Multi-cloud Hybrid Cloud LLM Orchestration Vector Databases AI Gateway Workers AI Cybersecurity Network Architecture PoC Solution Architecture Telemetry
8+ yrs exp Hybrid

Technical Services Engineer, Partners

MongoDB

Dublin, Ireland 46 days ago
MongoDB Linux Python Java Go NoSQL RDBMS AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Git TCP/IP DNS SSL/TLS LDAP Kerberos Active Directory Node.js C++
Hybrid

Finance & Strategy Partner, Central Engineering

Stripe

Remote (Chicago, IL) +3 100 days ago $147,200$220,800
SQL Oracle Anaplan G Suite AI Tools Claude Code Codex Cursor Large Language Models Data Visualization Dashboards FP&A Budgeting Forecasting Accruals Amortization Capitalization
7+ yrs exp Remote

Finance & Strategy Partner, Central Engineering

Stripe

Remote (Chicago, IL) +3 100 days ago $147,200$220,800
SQL AI Tools Large Language Models Oracle Anaplan G Suite Data Visualization Dashboarding FP&A Budgeting Forecasting Contract Negotiation Accruals Amortization Capitalization
7+ yrs exp Remote