Technical Escalations Engineer 2 (Logs) - US-East

Datadog•Boston, MA

12d•$85,000 - $113,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

A self-driven problem solver with an obsession for excellence and continuous learning. You thrive in ambiguity, take initiative, and push beyond expectations.
A strategic thinker who defaults to a client-centric approach, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance customer experience while balancing technical feasibility.
An independent, fast learner, capable of picking up new technologies, adapting to evolving priorities, and crafting innovative solutions to complex technical issues.
A collaborator and mentor, who enjoys sharing knowledge, raising the technical bar for the team, and contributing to a culture of excellence.
Experienced in troubleshooting common log issues such as parsing failures, dropped logs, incorrect facets, pipeline routing problems, and noisy ingestion.
Comfortable working with GROK, JSON, and custom log parsers, and understand the impact of filters, remappers, and processors on log behavior.
Confident navigating log-based monitors, Live Tail, cold storage, rehydration, and usage controls like exclusion filters and quotas.
Analytical and precise, you enjoy digging into intricate pipelines, identifying root causes, and guiding customers to optimized, cost-effective solutions.

Nice To Haves

Computer Science or Engineering majors
Experienced in using Zendesk, Jira, Confluence, or similar softwares.

Responsibilities

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 critical customer challenges with urgency and precision.
Run engaging office hours, deliver impactful learning sessions, and mentor the Global Support Engineering team (GSE), ensuring they’re equipped to handle any challenge.
Partner with Engineering and Product to proactively identify gaps, drive improvements, and advocate for customers in shaping the evolution of our platform.
Become the go-to expert on Datadog Logs within the Technical Solutions team, specializing in end-to-end log ingestion, processing, and visualization.
Lead escalations involving missing logs, parsing discrepancies, pipeline misconfigurations, and unexpected indexing or retention behavior.
Build internal tools, reusable diagnostic flows, and clear guides that empower TSEs and customers to troubleshoot log issues independently.