Senior Sales Engineer - Key Accounts

Datadog; Arizona; On-site; USD 149,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a Key Accounts Enterprise Sales Engineer to bring technical depth to sales dialogues, run product demonstrations, and support technical evaluations (POVs) with Fortune 100 and similar prospects. The role involves partnering across Sales, Product/Engineering, and Customer Success teams to articulate the Datadog value proposition and strategy.

The candidate should have 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or DevOps role, strong communication skills, and familiarity with programming

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or DevOps Engineering role.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience presenting to CIOs and senior technical leadership.
• Ability to travel up to 45% and sit for long periods.
• Experience in building evaluation plans with customers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales, Product/Engineering, Customer Success, Professional Services, and leadership to articulate Datadog's value proposition, vision, and strategy to customers.
• Lead technical strategy for short and long cycles, driving end-to-end technical sales from pipeline to purchase decision.
• Technically close complex opportunities using competitive knowledge and credibility.
• Present at executive and technical forums, lead workshops, translate technical detail to business impact.
• Maintain accurate notes and feedback in CRM regarding customer input (wins and losses).
• Engage with customers and Datadog teams regarding product feedback and competitive landscape.

Skills

Programming languages

Communication skills

Sales engineering experience

Travel readiness

Job description

As a Key Accounts Enterprise Sales Engineer, you will provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations (POVs). Sales Engineers help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and have a voice with the product team to help prioritize features based on input from customers, competitors, and partners.

What You'll Do:

• Partner with the Sales, Product/Engineering, Customer Success, Professional Services, and executive leadership to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition, vision and strategy to customers
• Lead technical strategy for both short‑term and long‑cycle pursuits by driving the end-to-end technical sales agenda for Fortune 100 and comparable prospects — from pipeline generation through purchase decision
• Technically close complex opportunities through advanced competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility
• Present at executive and technical forums, lead workshops, and translate technical detail to business impact for CIOs, SRE/Platform teams, security/compliance, and engineering leadership
• Maintain accurate notes and feedback in CRM regarding customer input both wins and losses
• Proactively engage and communicate with customers and Datadog business/technical teams regarding product feedback and competitive landscape

Who You Are:

• Passionate about educating customers on observability risks that are meaningful to their business, and able to build and execute an evaluation plan with a customer
• Someone with strong written and oral communication skills. This role requires an ability to understand and articulate both the business benefits (value proposition) and technical advantages of our offering
• Experienced in programming/scripting with one or more languages (i.e. Python, Go, Java, etc.) and familiarity with DevOps practices such as CI/CD and IaC workflows
• Demonstrated ability to land into net new logo accounts and collaborate with prospects through long, multi‑quarter or multi‑year cycles.
• Someone with a minimum of 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or DevOps Engineering role
• Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites
• Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 45% of the time

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you're passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

• Best-in-breed onboarding
• Generous global benefits
• Intra‑departmental mentor and buddy program for in‑house networking
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:

$149,000—$198,000 USD

About Datadog:

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high‑growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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