Senior Developer Advocate, Modern App Development

Datadog

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$172,000–$215,000 / yr
Posted
96 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $194k
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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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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Developer Advocate, Modern App Development

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.

What you'll do

  • Guide developers on balancing rapid prototyping with engineering best practices like performance and reliability.
  • Create peer-to-peer technical content to share engineering insights across online and in-person platforms.
  • Translate developer feedback into actionable product insights to shape the internal product roadmap.
  • Design and ship open-source boilerplate templates, quickstarts, and tools for seamless observability integration.
  • Develop tools specifically tailored for AI-native workflows and next-generation cloud platforms.
  • Advocate for user needs internally based on real-world experiences from developer communities.

What we're looking for

  • You must have approximately 10+ years of software engineering experience.
  • You should be an AI-fluent developer who uses AI coding assistants and rapid-prototyping tools daily.
  • You must be comfortable writing and debugging code across multiple languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.
  • You must have experience with deployment paradigms spanning next-gen platforms and traditional cloud ecosystems.
  • You must have approximately 3+ years of experience in technical storytelling and community engagement.
  • You should possess a public portfolio of peer-to-peer artifacts such as GitHub repositories, blogs, or speaking presentations.
  • You should have an active presence or leadership role in developer spaces like meetups, Discord, or open-source ecosystems.

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