Staff Software Engineer, Corporate Development
Datadog
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This role pays more than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $194,956–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $225k versus about $225k 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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Staff Software Engineer - Corporate Development joins the Product organization to lead technical due diligence for startup acquisitions within the AI, cloud, and security sectors. This role involves evaluating acquisition opportunities, managing technical architecture discussions with product and engineering teams, and providing roadmap suggestions for M&A activities. The engineer will build and manage proof-of-concept environments to stress-test candidate products, identify architectural risks, and define post-acquisition integration paths. Key responsibilities include identifying expansion opportunities through engagement with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs while serving as a subject matter expert on valuation and integration. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in infrastructure, APM, security, analytics, and AI/ML technologies. They must be able to translate complex technical findings into strategic recommendations for leadership while navigating the complexities of evaluating new technologies within the cloud space.
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