Software Engineer (Full Stack) - Compliance Engineering

Datadog•New York, NY

20h•$156,000 - $195,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Compliance Engineering team provides the tooling and engineering support that helps Datadog scale its growing global compliance portfolio. We build and operate internal platforms that support governance, risk, and compliance workflows, including control management, framework mapping, gap assessments, inventory management, audit enablement, and user access review. As a Software Engineer on this team, you will build full-stack products for internal stakeholders across Compliance, Governance, Internal Audit, and Customer Trust, helping them operate efficiently as Datadog expands into new markets with evolving requirements. This is an opportunity to grow as a full-stack engineer in a specialized area at the intersection of software engineering, security, and compliance. 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.

Requirements

You have experience building full-stack applications and are comfortable working across backend services, APIs, databases, and frontend interfaces
You have experience with or interest in technologies such as Go, Python, React, TypeScript, SQL, PostgreSQL, Temporal, or similar tools
You are comfortable and proficient using AI-assisted and agentic coding tools as part of your day-to-day development workflow
You can take a defined product or technical direction, work through ambiguity with collaborators, and deliver modular, maintainable code
You are comfortable partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to understand user needs and build tools, workflows, dashboards, forms, tables, or data visualizations that help them work more effectively
You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

Build and maintain full-stack features for Datadog’s internal compliance platforms, from database design and backend services to APIs, frontend workflows, and user experiences
Own and deliver small projects or features independently, and contribute to larger initiatives with support from your manager and senior engineers
Contribute to Datadog’s home-built governance, risk, and compliance platform, including capabilities for control management, framework mapping, gap assessments, audit support, and control health signals
Partner with stakeholders across Compliance, Governance, Internal Audit, and Customer Trust to understand operational needs, clarify requirements, and propose pragmatic technical solutions
Develop automations and workflows for continuous monitoring, inventory management, training validation, user access review, and integrations with SaaS, cloud provider, and internal systems
Use AI-assisted and agentic coding tools to enhance your development loop while maintaining strong ownership of code quality, testing, maintainability, and production readiness

Benefits

Opportunity to grow as a full-stack engineer while building products in a specialized and high-impact area of information security and compliance
Exposure to Datadog’s internal platforms, telemetry, workflow automation, and engineering practices through hands-on product development
Opportunities to deepen your technical ownership of team services while learning from senior engineers and cross-functional partners
Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of Datadog’s platform, customers, and business
Continuous career development and pathing opportunities for internal mobility
Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
New hire stock equity, employee stock purchase plan, and generous global benefits
healthcare
dental
parental planning
mental health benefits
a 401(k) plan and match
paid time off
fitness reimbursements
a discounted employee stock purchase plan