Datadog for Startups Engineering Lead

<p>The Datadog for Startups (DDFS) program helps the next generation of fast-scaling companies adopt best-in-class observability and security from day one. As the DDFS Engineering Lead, you’ll combine technical sales engineering expertise with ecosystem growth leadership to attract top startups into the program, showcase Datadog’s value early, and position Datadog as an essential platform for scaling.</p> <p>This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of startups, business development, technical evangelism, and software engineering—comfortable running a discovery call with a CTO one day, hosting a founder networking event the next, and even helping startups get Datadog instrumented quickly.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></p> <p><strong>1. Technical Sales Engineering & Forward-Deployed Engineering (FDE) project management</strong></p> <ul> <l