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Technical Content Writer

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3 days ago
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$115K - $140K

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The Team:

Our Technical Content Writing team is the public voice of Datadog. We are a group oftech-oriented writers and editors who create technically accurate and compelling content for ahighly technical audience of software developers, ops engineers, and other end users.Datadog's main blog (a.k.a., "The Monitor") covers Datadog in depth and provides valuableinformation to the broader tech community around observability, best practices, and industrytrends.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity itbrings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace toensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:

  • Research, write and pitch articles for the Datadog blog, such as:
    • Deep dives on modern technologies
    • In-depth monitoring guides and tutorials
    • Announcements for new Datadog features and integrations
  • Collaborate with editors, product managers, engineers, and graphic designers tomaximize the clarity, technical correctness, and visual appeal of our articles
  • Develop new formats for communicating original research, monitoring best practices,and technical tips to our readers
  • Continually measure reader engagement, and iterate to improve content focus, craft, anddistribution

Who You Are:

  • A polished technical writer, with samples of your work to share
  • An experienced professional with 2-4 years experience as a technology writer; and/or aCS degree; or a relevant advanced degree; or equivalent work experience writing ontechnical topics e.g. cloud technologies, monitoring and observability
  • Proficient in at least one widely used general-purpose programming language (Python,Go, Java, Ruby, etc.)
  • Experienced with modern application development and monitoring concepts, includingmicroservices, CI/CD, distributed tracing, agentic AI, and code profiling
  • Comfortable researching new technologies, able to learn how to use them, and able toreduce their complex workings to clear prose. You will have the support of Datadogengineers and other technical staff when you need an expert opinionDatadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all theabove qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want togrow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

  • Generous and competitive benefits
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
  • Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

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

To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

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:

$115,000

$140,000 USD


About Datadog:

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.


Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Privacy and AI Guidelines:

Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

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