Datadog is hiring a Research leader to define the next evolution of our research practice. You will lead a group that integrates human insights with quantitative depth and AI-driven synthesis to build the right products for our customers while driving measurable business impact. At Datadog, we help customers visualize and troubleshoot complex, distributed systems at scale and keep them healthy. As the Director of User Research, you will lead the charge in transforming dense technical signals into human-centric experiences by establishing a research culture that is fast, actionable, and deeply integrated into our product development lifecycle.

In this role, you will build a lean, high-impact team of researchers while simultaneously empowering our entire design and product organization with the methods and tools needed to deeply understand customer pain points and motivations. You will be responsible for moving the team beyond tactical, project-level work toward strategic influence that drives measurable business outcomes.

What you’ll do:

• Grow, manage and mentor a talented group of researchers to operate at the frontier of the field.
• Establish a Mixed-Methods Practice ensuring researchers can analyze product telemetry and statistical data ("the what") alongside qualitative insights ("the why").
• Scale Research Capabilities by defining inquiry methods and teaching the broader organization (designers and PMs) how to use them to run deep, insight-driven probes.
• Take accountability for the business metrics influenced by research findings. You will be expected to demonstrate business impact through the work that you lead.
• Build the foundation for AI as a research collaborator, using tools like custom GPTs and synthetic personas to accelerate synthesis and provide real-time deliverables.
• Collaborate with the Head of Design, design and cross functional leaders to establish roadmaps and ensure research insights are grounded in both technical reality and user needs.
  
  

Who You Are:

• 10-15+ years in user research or product design, with experience building and managing high-performing teams.
• Proficient in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, with the ability to size and validate behavioral patterns using data.
• Proven track record of moving research beyond "usability testing" to impacting product direction and business metrics.
• Comfortable navigating the technical complexities of modern software development and infrastructure.
• Excited by the potential of AI to transform how research is conducted, synthesized, and shared.

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:

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

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

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We’re looking for a Product Designer 2 to join the Cloud Cost Management (CCM) team at Datadog, focused specifically on commitment programs. In this role, you’ll design user experiences that help customers understand, choose, and manage cloud commitments—unlocking significant cost savings in a highly technical and high-impact product area.

You’ll partner closely with product managers and engineers to shape workflows that span discovery, optimization, and long-term management of commitments. This is a hands-on role with ownership over meaningful features, where you’ll help define information architecture, interaction models, and visual direction as the product evolves from an AWS-only experience to a true multi-cloud offering (AWS, Azure, and GCP).

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

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end design work for commitment programs, from early discovery and concept exploration through high-fidelity design and production.
• Own key workflows and features, helping evolve the product from an MVP into a differentiated, multi-cloud experience.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners (PMs, engineers, and fellow designers) to define problems, explore tradeoffs, and ship high-quality solutions quickly.
• Help shape information architecture and interaction patterns as the product expands across different cloud providers with varying commitment models.
• Contribute to Datadog’s design system and ensure consistency across CCM and the broader Datadog platform.
• Advocate for user needs through thoughtful design decisions and clear communication with stakeholders at all levels.
• Develop deep expertise in commitment programs while sharing knowledge and best practices across the broader design team.
• Champion thoughtful, polished visual design that raises the bar for the product’s look and feel.

Who You Are

• You have 3+ years of experience in digital product design, ideally within SaaS or technically complex domains.
• Your portfolio demonstrates strong end-to-end design execution with measurable impact and high-quality user experiences.
• You are an excellent communicator, able to clearly articulate design rationale and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• You’re proficient with modern design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Framer, InVision, Principle). Bonus if you have utilized tools like Cursor or Claude Code in your design workflow.
• You think in systems and are comfortable working within, and contributing to, component-based design patterns.
• You value feedback, iteration, and collaboration, and you actively help raise the quality of work across the team.
• You bring creativity and visual craft to your work.
  
  

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: 

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy programs for in-house networking
• Inclusive company culture with access to Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents (age 6+)
• Competitive global benefits package

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

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Datadog is entering a new chapter in how our product looks, feels and operates. We’re building a small, high-leverage Design Lab team to define that evolution, and we’re looking for a Senior Staff Visual Designer to help author it. 

Our design system powers everything we ship. Now we’re ready to evolve it. As Datadog expands into AI-driven experiences and more complex product surfaces, the visual language needs to grow with it. We’re looking for someone who can help define that next phase, someone with taste, judgment, and the confidence to shape how the product feels at scale.

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

What You’ll Do

• Define and evolve Datadog’s visual language across product surfaces.

• Establish the visual quality bar for the platform.

• Lead exploratory and concept work that pushes our system forward.

• Translate bold visual ideas into scalable patterns that can live inside a design system.

• Partner deeply with Brand, Product Design, and Design Systems to unify expression across product and marketing.

• Influence executive stakeholders through clear, compelling visual storytelling.

• Prototype, test, and refine new patterns before they become systemized.

• Help shape how visual direction is integrated into our design process.

You will report directly to the Design Director and work as part of a small, focused team defining the future state before it scales across hundreds of designers and engineers.

Who You Are

• You have 12+ years of experience in visual and/or product design

• You have led a meaningful visual evolution or rebrand within a mature product ecosystem.

• You have strong taste and are comfortable defending a point of view.

• You know how to translate brand into scalable product systems.

• You think in systems, but you’re motivated by craft.

• You’re comfortable operating in ambiguity and defining direction where none exists.

• You can influence across design, engineering, and executive partners.

• Your portfolio demonstrates exceptional visual craft and product thinking — not just applied systems work.

Why This Role Matters

DRUIDS powers every Datadog experience. The decisions made in this role will shape how millions of interactions feel across web, mobile, and emerging AI-driven surfaces. This is an opportunity to define visual direction inside a complex, engineering-forward platform and raise the craft bar across the organization.

About Datadog

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: 

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking

• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)

• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions

• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+

• Competitive global benefits

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

#LI-Hybrid

Datadog is entering a new chapter in how our product looks, feels and operates. We’re building a small, high-leverage Design Lab team to define that evolution, and we’re looking for a Staff Visual Designer to help author it. 

Our design system powers everything we ship. Now we’re ready to evolve it. As Datadog expands into AI-driven experiences and more complex product surfaces, the visual language needs to grow with it. We’re looking for someone who can help define that next phase, someone with taste, judgment, and the confidence to shape how the product feels at scale.

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

What You’ll Do

• Define and evolve Datadog’s visual language across product surfaces.

• Establish the visual quality bar for the platform.

• Lead exploratory and concept work that pushes our system forward.

• Translate bold visual ideas into scalable patterns that can live inside a design system.

• Partner deeply with Brand, Product Design, and Design Systems to unify expression across product and marketing.

• Influence executive stakeholders through clear, compelling visual storytelling.

• Prototype, test, and refine new patterns before they become systemized.

• Help shape how visual direction is integrated into our design process.

You will report directly to the Design Director and work as part of a small, focused team defining the future state before it scales across hundreds of designers and engineers.

Who You Are

• You have 10+ years of experience in visual and/or product design

• You have led a meaningful visual evolution or rebrand within a mature product ecosystem.

• You have strong taste and are comfortable defending a point of view.

• You know how to translate brand into scalable product systems.

• You think in systems, but you’re motivated by craft.

• You’re comfortable operating in ambiguity and defining direction where none exists.

• You can influence across design, engineering, and executive partners.

• Your portfolio demonstrates exceptional visual craft and product thinking — not just applied systems work.

Why This Role Matters

DRUIDS powers every Datadog experience. The decisions made in this role will shape how millions of interactions feel across web, mobile, and emerging AI-driven surfaces. This is an opportunity to define visual direction inside a complex, engineering-forward platform and raise the craft bar across the organization.

About Datadog

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: 

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking

• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)

• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions

• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+

• Competitive global benefits

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

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