Senior Security Engineer – Application Security

As a Senior Application Security Engineer, you will play a crucial role in enabling developers to build secure applications at Datadog. You will work in lockstep with Datadog engineering to establish secure-by-default practices on widely adopted platforms. You will provide critical application security operational services, such as security reviews, developer security education, and product security incident response. You have an incredible opportunity to leverage Datadog’s robust product suite, including Logs, Dashboards, Service Catalog, and Application Performance Monitoring (APM), to not only build out security services but also collaborate with engineers who champion strong security and reliability ownership. This role offers a unique opportunity to significantly shape security practices across our rapidly evolving platforms. 

What You’ll Do:

• Get a deep understanding of Datadog’s software development life cycle, software supply chain, build pipelines, delivery mechanisms and configuration management
• Lead the development and implementation of secure-by-default solutions across various applications and platforms
• Conduct threat modeling on new and existing products with engineering teams using frameworks such as STRIDE
• Design and lead developer security training to enhance design and coding best practices
• Work with engineering teams to align new features to achieve world-class security.
• Identify top company threats across products and services and prioritize remediation efforts
• Empathize with the full spectrum of our customers and our engineers by advocating for effective solutions that scale with the needs of our business and our customers.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for other teams regarding building, delivering, and deploying code at Datadog.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to team members and foster a positive team culture.

Who You Are: 

• Background in Application Security – OWASP Top 10, XSS, injection, access control, cryptography, static analysis security testing (SAST), dynamic analysis security testing (DAST), security libraries
• Background in software engineering or development in a collaborative environment. Go, Python are preferred.
• Can lead the development and implementation of secure-by-default solutions across various applications and platforms. Has experience implementing secure by default framework, libraries, and solutions
• Can perform secure design reviews and threat models with staff engineers and architects on complex systems
• Have empathy, collaboration skills, and a learning mindset to work cross functionally with engineers of all levels from product and platform teams across Datadog stack
• Acts as an effective mentor in fostering the growth of teammates. You actively promote a positive team culture and are dedicated to the ongoing development and success of your peers.
• Proven track record of driving security initiatives with leadership and engineering buy-in

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That’s okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth: 

• 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
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$187,000—$240,000 USD

About Datadog: 

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.