This role pays more than
87%
of similar roles. Most pay
$149,500–$196,800
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$216k
versus about
$173k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
255 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$171,500–$235,000
across 130 roles with salary data.
Senior Software Engineer - CI/CD Security joins the SDLC Security organization to protect continuous integration and delivery systems. This role focuses on hardening pipelines, protecting credentials, enforcing access controls, and building a new security layer for infrastructure. The engineer will develop mechanisms for trusted build provenance, secure secret delivery, and real-time policy enforcement at high throughput while ensuring low latency and seamless developer experience. Candidates should be proficient in Go, Python, Rust, Java, or JavaScript and possess experience with Kubernetes-based infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure environments. Key responsibilities include designing performant systems, mentoring junior engineers, and participating in incident response. The role addresses critical software supply chain security challenges, requiring expertise in distributed systems, networking fundamentals, and high-performance policy engines to secure the flow of code into production environments.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196500 from 2013 postings across 147 companies.