Staff Developer Advocate
Datadog
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This role pays more than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$213,243 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $194k versus about $182k for comparable roles.
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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.
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Senior Developer Advocate - Modern App Development joins a team of engineers focused on AI-accelerated workflows and next-generation developer ecosystems. You will guide developers in balancing rapid prototyping with established engineering practices regarding performance, code health, and system reliability while creating peer-to-peer technical content across online and in-person platforms. Your daily responsibilities include building open-source boilerplate templates, quickstarts, and tools to integrate observability into AI-native workflows on platforms like Vercel and Supabase, as well as cloud providers including AWS, GCP, and Azure. You will manage a bidirectional feedback loop between developer communities and internal teams to shape the product roadmap. The role requires proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python, along with experience in technical storytelling and community engagement. This position addresses the challenge of maintaining software health and scalability within modern, AI-driven development environments.
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