Datadog For Startups Founding Engineering Lead in Japan

As Datadog’s in-house product experts, the Technical Escalation Engineering (TEE) team plays a critical role in driving our global success. We enable our customers, from the world’s most innovative startups to the largest enterprises. Through deep technical expertise, relentless problem-solving, and exceptional customer engagement, we educate, guide, and troubleshoot, delivering high-impact solutions that shape the customer experience. Whether through hands-on technical call, in-depth fact findings meeting, or complex investigations, we set the gold standard for technical excellence and customer advocacy. As part of our TEE team, you’ll tackle the most challenging technical problems, collaborate directly with Engineering and Product to refine and evolve our platform, and mentor teams worldwide, elevating the technical bar at every level. As part of the Technical Escalation Engineering (TEE) team, you’ll operate at the heart of Datadog’s ecosystem, working at the intersection of Technical Solutions, Engineering, Product, and our Customers. Every challenge you take on will directly impact the performance, scalability, and success of both our clients and our platform. You’ll be in an environment that moves fast, challenges you daily, and rewards curiosity, ownership, and technical excellence. This is your chance to shape the future of observability and security, driving innovation, mentoring teams, and influencing product direction while witnessing your expertise make an immediate and lasting impact. 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: Develop deep technical expertise and continuously learn as the product evolves. Investigate complex escalations, lead high-stakes technical calls, and drive solutions for our most critic

As Datadog’s in-house product experts, the Technical Escalation Engineering (TEE) team plays a critical role in driving our global success. We enable our customers, from the world’s most innovative startups to the largest enterprises. Through deep technical expertise, relentless problem-solving, and exceptional customer engagement, we educate, guide, and troubleshoot, delivering high-impact solutions that shape the customer experience. Whether through hands-on technical call, in-depth fact findings meeting, or complex investigations, we set the gold standard for technical excellence and customer advocacy. As part of our TEE team, you’ll tackle the most challenging technical problems, collaborate directly with Engineering and Product to refine and evolve our platform, and mentor teams worldwide, elevating the technical bar at every level. As part of the Technical Escalation Engineering (TEE) team, you’ll operate at the heart of Datadog’s ecosystem, working at the intersection of Technical Solutions, Engineering, Product, and our Customers. Every challenge you take on will directly impact the performance, scalability, and success of both our clients and our platform. You’ll be in an environment that moves fast, challenges you daily, and rewards curiosity, ownership, and technical excellence. This is your chance to shape the future of observability and security, driving innovation, mentoring teams, and influencing product direction while witnessing your expertise make an immediate and lasting impact. 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: Become the expert on usage metering, revenue-impacting behavior, and Cloud Cost Management within Technical Solutions, helping customers optimize usage and control spend across all Datadog product line

Datadog is a best-in-class SaaS company delivering the rare combination of hypergrowth, profitability, and long-term market leadership. Built by engineers, for engineers, our platform is used by organizations of all sizes to drive digital transformation, cloud migration, and full-stack observability across their technology landscape. We enable seamless collaboration and problem-solving across DevOps and Security teams globally. Come join a high-performing team for the opportunity to learn from top leaders in the industry and grow alongside the company as we rapidly expand. About the Role Datadog is seeking a strategic, data-driven, and collaborative Head of Enterprise Sales to lead our organization in Japan to scale Datadog’s Strategic Enterprise and Public Sector business. This senior leader will own both the Enterprise and Public Sector strategy for their region, ensuring resources are deployed effectively to build pipeline creation, deal progression, and multi-product adoption across Datadog’s largest and most strategic accounts. This senior leader will be responsible for driving market expansion and establishing Datadog as a trusted strategic partner. Japan is a crucial market for Datadog’s growth, we have made a significant local investment with a local Data Centre, prominent real estate, more than 200 local staff to fully localize our products and services for Japanese customers. 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 Recruit, build and develop a world-class team of Enterprise Leaders and sellers Own Strategic Enterprise and Public Sector revenue contribution for your region and influence targets, ensuring consistent attainment across quarterly and annual targets Define and execute segment-level growth strategies across enterprise c

As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you'll partner with Sales to help customers understand the value of Datadog and how it solves their most important technical and business challenges. You'll lead technical evaluations, deliver compelling demos, and guide customers through the journey from discovery to successful adoption. You'll act as a trusted advisor, bridging business goals with technical solutions, and play a key role in winning new business and expanding existing accounts. 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: Own the sales process in partnership with Account Executives by leading and shaping the technical strategy across opportunities from PG to Closed Won Lead customer discovery to uncover technical challenges, business goals, and success criteria, then translate those needs into tailored Datadog solutions Deliver engaging product demos, technical presentations, and workshops that connect platform capabilities to customer outcomes Project manage technical evaluations (POVs) end-to-end: scoping use cases and requirements, defining success criteria, building a project plan with clear timelines, and holding all participants accountable to the process Identify and cultivate technical champions within customer accounts, empowering them to advocate for Datadog adoption and drive consensus internally Participat e actively in structured product and engineering field feedback sessions, serving as the technical voice of the customer to help shape product direction Maintain operational excellence by ensuring activity, deal progress, and customer interactions are accurately documented and up to date in related systems Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Support, and GTM teams to address customer needs and resolve

We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The Technical Solutions (TS) team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. Field CTOs are part of the broader Product Solutions Architecture (PSA) organization, serving as technical multipliers and trusted advisors to our customers' most senior decision makers and key executive stakeholders. They align customer ambitions with Datadog’s technology roadmap, enabling digital transformation while driving sustained growth for both our customers and Datadog. As Datadog continues to scale, we are creating a Field CTO role to lead our GTM technical strategy for the entire Japan region - establishing thought leadership, building the long-term strategic case for Datadog, and expanding our footprint in the market. 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: C-Level : Strategically guide CIO/CTO/CEO/CISO-level customer and prospect executives in rationalizing their adoption journey, investment and operationalizing of observability. GTM : Identifies industry specific trends and their impact and potential during Customers engagements, feeding the top-of-funnel for Product, GTM, BVA and Architecture teams. Co-create industry solutions via collaboration with Product SAs and Product Management. Leadership : Demonstrate Datadog's platform as well as thought leadership in Observability and Security, emphasizing our advanced solutions, industry best practices, and dedication to providing organizations with superior visibility and management of their at scale environments. Advisory : Be a trusted advisor to Sales leaders as well as customer and prospect executives on ROI, value realization and white-space analysis. Assist with opp

As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you'll partner with Sales to help customers understand the value of Datadog and how it solves their most important technical and business challenges. You'll lead technical evaluations, deliver compelling demos, and guide customers through the journey from discovery to successful adoption. You'll act as a trusted advisor, bridging business goals with technical solutions, and play a key role in winning new business and expanding existing accounts. 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: Own the sales process in partnership with Account Executives by leading and shaping the technical strategy across opportunities from PG to Closed Won Lead customer discovery to uncover technical challenges, business goals, and success criteria, then translate those needs into tailored Datadog solutions Deliver engaging product demos, technical presentations, and workshops that connect platform capabilities to customer outcomes Project manage technical evaluations (POVs) end-to-end: scoping use cases and requirements, defining success criteria, building a project plan with clear timelines, and holding all participants accountable to the process Identify and cultivate technical champions within customer accounts, empowering them to advocate for Datadog adoption and drive consensus internally Participate actively in structured product and engineering field feedback sessions, serving as the technical voice of the customer to help shape product direction Maintain operational excellence by ensuring activity, deal progress, and customer interactions are accurately documented and up to date in related systems Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Support, and GTM teams to address customer needs and resolve technical blockers Who

We are looking for a Recruiting Sourcer to play a key role in the continued growth and success of Datadog by finding exceptional talent. The Recruiting Sourcer will partner closely with Recruiters to develop creative and tailored strategies to engage passive candidates. You will be the first point of contact for new candidates in the hiring process, playing a critical role in identifying great candidates and telling the Datadog story. 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: Generate and maintain active and passive candidate pipeline for complex, hard-to-fill positions using various sources such as: LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, Sourcing Campaigns, Google X Ray searching, previous event attendee lists, etc.. Amplify and champion job openings internally and work with our employee base to find hidden talent in their networks. Develop and implement strategic sourcing plans and track progress throughout the search to be shared with stakeholders Use your own research to get creative on where to find talent that otherwise might stay off the radar including diverse talent Map out the talent market, keeping a pulse of talent flow, market attrition, and which companies employ the talent we are after Specialize in event/project management, messaging analysis, creative prospecting, and stakeholder engagement Who You Are: An established Recruiter or Sourcer with 3+ years of experience working for a search firm or in-house recruiting team for high volume recruiting An individual with a high sense of urgency, strong communication skills and detail-oriented Tenacious and passionate about sourcing and engaging candidates Able to work independently and simultaneously on multiple roles An individual with a proven track record of engaging ta

We’re looking for a Senior Manager of Enterprise Customer Success to manage, recruit, onboard and train a team of Enterprise Customer Success Managers. Your team is responsible for proactively driving adoption across our existing customer base through on-boarding and customer education. The team advocates for the customer internally and focuses on a positive customer experience. This is an opportunity to join a company that’s a leader in the space, and contribute impactful work. Check out some of our customer stories here . 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: As a Senior Manager, Enterprise Customer Success (Japan), you will lead a high‑performing team of Enterprise Customer Success Managers responsible for driving strategic value, adoption, and expansion across Datadog’s largest customers in Japan. You will combine strong people leadership, deep enterprise customer success expertise, and nuanced understanding of the Japanese market to build long‑term partnerships with C‑level stakeholders and accelerate Datadog’s growth in the region. Lead, grow, and develop a team of Enterprise Customer Success Managers supporting Datadog’s strategic and global accounts in Japan, including recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and ongoing coaching. Define and operationalize a repeatable customer success motion tailored to the Japanese enterprise market, ensuring proactive adoption, value realization, and renewal across complex, multi‑product deployments. Guide your team in building trusted advisor relationships with senior and executive stakeholders (CIO, CTO, Heads of Infrastructure/DevOps, Security leaders) at Fortune 1000 companies and leading Japanese enterprises, aligning Datadog to their business and technology priorities. Oversee the

You will have the opportunity to shape, mold, and impact how fast we grow, the way we’re viewed, and the candidate experience. We are looking to hire a Recruiter who will be responsible for finding the best talent; you will be the face of recruiting at Datadog! You will be the first point of contact for new candidates in the hiring process, playing a critical role in identifying great candidates, telling the Datadog story and ultimately turning great candidates into great employees. 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: Find qualified talent for our open roles via sourcing, job posts, referrals, and agencies Screen candidates to ensure their qualifications match the open roles Collaborate with leadership to design or streamline interview processes Ensure follow up and closure for all interviewed candidates Negotiate compensation with qualified candidates Enhance our recruitment process through training interview teams Leverage Greenhouse to track candidate progress through funnel, resurface existing talent, and keep consistently clean data for reporting Ensure candidates have an excellent interview experience - regardless of outcome Who You Are: Experienced in full-lifecycle recruiting, with 2-5 years either in-house or in a staffing agency environment A sourcing master in your ability to identify where top talent lives Autonomous with a demonstrated ability to work independently and simultaneously on multiple positions Exceptional at selling value proposition, negotiating and closing great candidates Skilled at operating with a sense of urgency in all stages of the recruiting cycle Able to successfully navigate an ever-changing process Datadog values people from all walks of life. We

Datadog is the global leader in observability and security for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, digital experience monitoring, cloud security, and AI-powered observability to help organisations accelerate digital transformation and operate at scale. As organizations across Japan continue to modernize their technology stacks and embrace cloud-native architectures, Datadog is uniquely positioned to help customers achieve greater visibility, reliability, security, and business performance. The Opportunity Following significant investment in Japan by Datadog, we’re now seeking a senior executive to lead the next phase of growth and scale the business rapidly. This executive will be responsible for defining and executing Datadog's strategy in Japan, driving sustainable, predictable revenue growth, strengthening customer and partner relationships, developing high-performing teams, and firmly establishing Datadog as the market leader for Japan. Reporting to senior APJ leadership, the Country Leader will serve as the executive face of Datadog in Japan and will work cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Partnerships, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Corporate functions to accelerate market penetration and customer success. At Datadog, we work hard to maintain an excellent culture of trust, high standards, and great outcomes for customers, partners and employees About the Role Datadog is seeking an experienced and respected country executive to serve as Country Manager, Japan. As the most senior leader in the market, you will be responsible for owning Japan’s overall business health across acquisition, usage, retention, ecosystem, culture, and cross-functional execution. The Country Manager owns the country plan and operating cadence, ensuring effective direct management of all three sales segments (Enterprise, Mid Market, Commercial); and cross-

Our SLED sales team works with a best-of-breed product that solves real problems for our customers. Sellers follow a well-defined methodology that helps them identify the customer's unique needs and clearly convey the value of the Datadog product. Whether you're looking to learn from the best or be the best, the Datadog sales team is dedicated to furthering personal development and team success. We are searching for an experienced SLED Sales Executive that has a real passion for technology and can deliver on bold revenue targets. As we continue to enter into bigger markets, and formalize our support for the Public Sector enterprise segment, this division within Datadog will blaze the path for organizational growth. This is a lucrative opportunity to break into new State, Local, and Education accounts within a rich territory, as well work with accounts who are in a hybrid state and transitioning to the cloud. 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: Prospect into large State, Local, and Education organizations while running an efficient sales process Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large SLED enterprises by selling value and ROI Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy easy solution Have intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation Identify robust set of value drivers behind all opportunities Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency Who You Are: Someone with 5+ years closing expe

Our Federal sales team works with a best-of-breed product that solves real problems for our customers. Sellers follow a well-defined methodology that helps them identify the customer’s unique needs and clearly convey the value of the Datadog product. Whether you’re looking to learn from the best or be the best, the Datadog sales team is dedicated to furthering personal development and team success. We are searching for an experienced Federal, Civilian Sales Executive that has a real passion for technology and can deliver on bold revenue targets. As we continue to enter into bigger markets, and formalize our support for the Public Sector enterprise segment, this division within Datadog will blaze the path for organizational growth. This is a lucrative opportunity to break into new Civilian Agencies within a rich territory, as well work with accounts who are in a hybrid state and transitioning to the cloud. 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: Prospect into large Fortune 1000 companies while running an efficient sales process Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy easy solution Have intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation Identify robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency Who You Are: Someone with 5+ years closing experience (mix of fiel

As a Senior Enterprise Customer Success Manager, you will be responsible for driving the healthy adoption and positive experience of some of Datadog’s largest and most strategic customers. 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: Partner with Sales and Technical Solutions to proactively drive adoption from onboarding through to maturity. Own and project manage the on-boarding process for new customers. Discover, own and manage the customer’s success plan. Ensure consistent alignment with decision makers on the impact of their investment in Datadog. Proactively build and maintain targeted relationships with people of influence throughout the customer base. Collaborate cross-functionally with internal Datadog teams (sales, support, enablement, product, finance, and legal). Monitor and analyze usage trends to uncover potential renewal opportunities and risks. Act as the primary owner of customer adoption and health. Support your colleagues and cross functional teammates in the development of best practices. With demonstrated understanding of observability and security platforms, align customers technical and business objectives to our platform offerings Who You Are: Min of 5+ years in a Customer Success or Account Management role in B2B SaaS (Exp in serving a technical audience a plus). Strong experience working with a portfolio of accounts that included large Enterprise. Excellent in driving discovery to understand your customers key pain points, objectives and priorities. Demonstrate expert level in communicating complex concepts and aligning them to the pains and objectives of your customers. Experienced in shifting your message effectively to align with the expectations of the audience. You’re excited to work i

As an Enterprise Customer Success Manager, you will be responsible for driving the healthy adoption and positive experience of some of Datadog’s largest and most strategic customers. 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: Partner with Sales and Technical Solutions to proactively drive adoption from onboarding through to maturity. Own and project manage the on-boarding process for new customers. Discover, own and manage the customer’s success plan. Ensure consistent alignment with decision makers on the impact of their investment in Datadog. Proactively build and maintain targeted relationships with people of influence throughout the customer base. Collaborate cross-functionally with internal Datadog teams (sales, support, enablement, product, finance, and legal). Monitor and analyze usage trends to uncover potential renewal opportunities and risks. Act as the primary owner of customer adoption and health. With demonstrated understanding of observability and security platforms, align customers technical and business objectives to our platform offerings Who You Are: 3+ years in a Customer Success or Account Management role in B2B SaaS. Experience working with a portfolio of accounts that included large Enterprise. Experienced in driving discovery to understand your customers key pain points, objectives and priorities. Excellent in communicating complex concepts and aligning them to the pains and objectives of your customers. Experienced in shifting your message effectively to align with the expectations of the audience. You’re excited to work in a fast paced environment, where you’re expected to consistently develop your skill set and play an active role in the development of the team’s best practices. Able to t

私たちは、Datadogの社内プロダクト・エキスパートです。テクニカル・ソリューション・チームは、潜在的な顧客を教育し、既存の顧客を満足させ、成功させることで、Datadogの世界的な成長を可能にしています。私たちは、デモやプレゼンテーション、技術評価、継続的なサポートを通じて、技術や製品に関する専門知識をお客様と共有しています。テクニカル・ソリューションは、知識を共有し、技術的なスキルセットを継続的に向上させるために絶えず協力し合う、成長中のグローバル・チームです。 Datadogでは、人間関係やコラボレーション、そして創造性といったオフィスカルチャーを大切にしています。Datadogが自分に合ったワーク・ライフ・ハーモニーを実現できるよう、ハイブリッド・ワークプレイスとして運営しています。 業務内容： 複数のチャネル（発券システム、ライブチャット、画面共有ツール）を通じて、プラットフォームの活用方法に関するトレーニングを継続的に実施しつつ、必要な技術サポートを特定し問題解決する 技術的な問題を再現し、Datadogの1000+ 以上のインテグレーションを深堀りする デモ認定資格を取得し、顧客への製品デモをリードする 顧客からのフィードバックに基づき、社内チームとの製品に関するディスカッションに参加する Datadog製品分野の高度な知識を持つスペシャリストとしてトレーニングを実施 Datadogオフィスにて週3日以上勤務 募集要項： SaaS企業でのマルチチャネルテクニカルサポート経験者（関連経験2年以上） Zendesk、Jira、Confluence、または同様のソフトウェアの使用経験 トラブルシューティングやプログラミングの経験を持つエンジニア 自発的で、細部にまで気を配り、継続的に学ぶ意欲のある方 クライアント中心のアプローチをデフォルトとする批判的思考を持つ者 文書および口頭での効果的なコミュニケーション能力 プログラミングの経験があり、Linuxの基本的な知識がある 週末を含むローテーション勤務が可能な方 本ポジションでは、ビジネスレベルまたはネイティブレベルの日本語力（会話および読み書き）が求められます。 Datadogは、さまざまな立場の人々を大切にしています。誰もが初日から上記の資格をすべて満たすわけではないことは理解しています。それでも構いません。テクノロジーに情熱を持ち、スキルを伸ばしたいと思っている方は、ぜひご応募ください。 福利厚生と成長機会： 最高のオンボーディング 継続的な専門能力開発、製品トレーニング、キャリアパスの提供 新入社員への株式付与（RSU / 譲渡制限付株式ユニット）および従業員株式購入制度（ESPP） 社内ネットワーク構築のためのメンターおよびバディ・プログラム インクルーシブな企業文化、コミュニティ・ギルドへの参加機会 幅広く手厚い医療関連の福利厚生制度 企業型確定拠出年金（401K） 上記の内容は、就業する国やDatadogでの雇用内容によって異なる場合があります。 世界中のすべての候補者様にご理解頂けるよう、応募情報に関する項目は一部、英語のままで記載されています。全ての求人情報を英語でご確認されたい場合は、 こちら をご覧ください。 About Datadog: Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram , LinkedIn, and Datadog