Datadog
Senior Security Sales Engineer
$149K–$198K
Illinois, USA, Remote +10 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jan 23, 2026
- Location
- Illinois, USA, Remote
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Washington, United States - Experience
- 7+ years in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a technical customer-facing role within an enterprise environment.
About the job
Leads enterprise sales engineering efforts by advising customers, guiding technical evaluations, and aligning Datadog solutions with business outcomes.
What you'll do
- Lead technical strategy and customer discovery across sales opportunities; deliver demos, presentations, and workshops.
- Own technical evaluations end-to-end, including scoping, success criteria, project plans, and stakeholder accountability.
- Share customer feedback with Product and Engineering, resolve blockers across teams, and mentor peers.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a technical customer-facing role within an enterprise environment.
- Advanced background in public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, APM/tracing, security, developer experience, observability.
- Demonstrated ability to utilize and scale AI tooling.
- Willingness to travel as needed to support customer engagements.
Pay
$149,000 — $198,000 USD yearly base salary
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, APM/tracing
AI focus
Demonstrated capability of utilizing AI tooling and scaling it; Datadog describes its platform as using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.
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