Senior Security Engineer - Platform Trust & Safety
About The Position
Datadog is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help protect users and uphold platform integrity as its platform grows and becomes more interactive. The role takes a proactive, scalable, and data-centric approach to addressing threats to users, platform abuse, and other risky or unwanted behavior. The Trust and Safety team spans software engineering, data science, user engagement, privacy, threat detection, incident response, and coordination between security and the broader business; the engineer will bring expertise in several of these areas. The position works across the stack and closely with product management, design, security, and other engineering teams. It includes shaping the technical roadmap, mentoring engineers, building account-security features and measurements, developing risk-scoring algorithms, and contributing to threat detection and incident response. Datadog operates as a hybrid workplace and values office-based collaboration.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of software security engineering experience, especially on teams building platform and user security features.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work through complex technical problems with diverse stakeholders.
- Experience working with product and design teams to deliver front-end features.
- Fluency in one or more modern programming languages, such as Python, Go, or TypeScript.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Knowledge of abuse techniques in modern SaaS applications.
Responsibilities
- Improve customers’ trust in the Datadog platform.
- Drive the technical roadmap with the team, product management, and other engineering teams, aligning work with company-wide security objectives.
- Mentor a team of 3 or more software and security engineers, emphasizing engineering quality, resiliency, and delivery.
- Develop user-friendly UI components that help users strengthen their account security.
- Create metrics and measurements to understand how users interact with security features and controls.
- Implement front-end and back-end code across the stack.
- Develop risk-scoring algorithms to classify potentially risky behavior or activity on the platform.
- Collaborate with engineering teams outside of security.
- Contribute to security operations, including threat detection and response.
- Participate in Datadog’s incident response efforts.
Benefits
- 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.
- Inclusive company culture and the opportunity to join Community Guilds (employee resource groups).
- Free global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6 and older.
- Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits.
- 401(k) plan and match.
- Paid time off.
- Fitness reimbursements.
- Discounted employee stock purchase plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
