Datadog
Staff Software Engineer - Frontend
$244K–$305K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of relevant engineering experience; 4+ years of technical leadership experience.
About the job
Leads frontend architecture and delivery for major product and website redesigns, owning core customer experiences and developing engineering talent.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver technology for next-generation products; lead significant product and website redesigns.
- Own core customer experiences, including the first-time user experience, and run experimentation and iteration cycles.
- Coach engineers and lead cross-team technical design and delivery of critical products.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of relevant engineering experience.
- 4+ years of technical leadership experience, including communicating complex concepts and coordinating across teams.
- Experience leading development of high-complexity, high-performance interactive browser applications, including architecture, interaction design, and optimization.
- Expertise with React.
Nice to have
- Strong UI/UX intuition and experience partnering with product design and product management stakeholders.
- Experience running a high volume of A/B testing and experimentation cycles.
Pay
$244,000 — $305,000 USD yearly salary (base salary)
Tools
React
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