Datadog Salary at Startups (2026): $150k median

Market Signal (September 2026)

Top Hirers: FetLife leads hiring for Datadog roles with 2 active posts, followed by Datadog.

🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics

Remote-Friendly: Datadog is highly remote-friendly, with 53% of roles open to remote work. Onsite Premium: Onsite Datadog roles offer a 10% higher median salary ($150,000) than remote alternatives.

💡 Tech Stack Context

Common Stack: 58% of Datadog jobs also require AWS, and 58% mention Kubernetes.

💰 Compensation Analysis

The median base salary for Datadog developers is $150,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $180,000.

Datadog salary FAQ

What is the median Datadog developer salary at startups?

The median Datadog salary is $150k, based on 19 verified Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' listings as of July 2026.

What is the salary range for Datadog roles?

Datadog roles run from $115k (25th percentile) to $180k (75th percentile), with top listings reaching $300k.

Do remote Datadog jobs pay more than onsite?

Remote Datadog roles show a median of $135k versus $150k onsite in this dataset.

Datadog jobs

COMPANY	ROLE	SALARY	VIBE	STACK
Datadog	Engineer	$300,000 - $300,000	[E] CRUNCH	Datadog Grafana Golang	HN Apply
BillionToOne	Senior Software Engineer	$280,000 - $307,000	@HR stable	Python Django PostgreSQL +8	HN Apply
Prophet Town LLC	Platform Engineer and Full-Stack Engineer	$220,000 - $350,000	[F] grind	AWS GCP Kubernetes +21	HN Apply
FetLife	Head of Engineering & Infrastructure	$182,000 - $272,000	@HR zen	Kubernetes Helm Terraform +7	HN Apply
Updater	Lead Platform Engineer	$180,000 - $215,000	[E] grind	AWS Kubernetes Terraform +5	HN Apply
ResortPass	Senior Software Engineer, Frontend	$160,000 - $210,000	[E] CRUNCH	React 19 Next.js 16 TypeScript +9	HN Apply
Hammock	Backend Engineer, Full Stack Engineer	$150,000 - $225,000	[F] stable	TypeScript PostgreSQL Next.js +8	HN Apply
Zefr	Senior Site Reliability Engineer	$150,000 - $170,000	[E] CRUNCH	GCP AWS Kubernetes +12	HN Apply
Fold	Senior Frontend Engineer	$150,000 - $170,000	[E] grind	React Native Redux TypeScript +8	HN Apply
Propel	Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer	$150,000 - $230,000	[E] grind	AWS Kubernetes Jenkins +2	HN Apply
Argent Software	Miami Field Engineers	$145,000 - $195,000	@HR stable	Active Directory Azure Datadog +2	HN Apply
SalesJack	Data Engineer	CA$130,000 - CA$150,000 ≈ $95k	[E] grind	Python Etl Erp +4	HN Apply
Narrative I/O	Senior Backend & Frontend Engineer	$120,000 - $200,000	[E] grind	Scala Spark Apache Iceberg +26	HN Apply
Narrative	Senior Backend & Frontend Engineer	$120,000 - $200,000	[E] grind	Scala Spark Apache Iceberg +21	HN Apply
Qualcomm	Staff Kubernetes Platform Engineer	$116,800 - $175,200	[E] grind	Kubernetes Rancher Rke2 +12	HN Apply
Crisis Text Line, Inc.	Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack	$115,192 - $168,000	[E] stable	AWS CI/CD Datadog +4	HN Apply
FetLife	Senior DevOps Engineer	$115,000 - $180,000	[E] grind	MySQL PostgreSQL Scylladb +11	HN Apply
Connie Health	Multiple engineering roles	$100,000 - $160,000	@HR stable	TypeScript Nestjs Vue.js +14	HN Apply
Prompt Health	Senior Full Stack Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, Support Engineer, Senior AI Engineer	$90,000 - $225,000	[E] grind	PHP PHP Vue.js +15	HN Apply

Datadog remote → Datadog onsite → All technologies

Datadog startup salary data

Median Datadog salary over time