Role Overview

Join Datadog's Technical Writing & Documentation team as a Technical Writer and create engaging, informative content for our world-class observability platform. This remote position in California, United States offers the chance to work hands-on with cutting-edge technologies that power Datadog Docs – our comprehensive public product documentation serving millions of developers worldwide.

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is the leading SaaS platform for cloud monitoring, security, and observability. Our Technical Writers collaborate directly with engineering and product teams to document APIs, SDKs, developer tools, and thousands of community integrations. If you have 3+ years of developer documentation experience and love 'Docs as Code' workflows using Markdown and GitHub, this role will let you make a massive impact on the developer community.

Work remotely from anywhere in California while contributing to documentation that helps developers monitor infrastructure, applications, logs, and security across cloud-native environments. Experience with observability, cloud services, containers, and AI writing tools is highly valued.

Key Responsibilities at Datadog

• Partner with product and engineering teams to manage end-to-end documentation projects for observability and automation products used by developers globally.
• Gather technical details by reviewing internal product specifications and conducting hands-on testing of Datadog products.
• Create developer-facing documentation including guides for Datadog SDKs, APIs, and developer tools to accelerate developer onboarding.
• Collaborate with documentation team to maintain high standards and drive continuous process improvements in our Docs as Code workflow.
• Participate in business-hours rotation to handle documentation questions, requests, and issues from internal teams and customers.
• Review and provide editorial feedback on documentation written by engineers and other writers to ensure quality and consistency.
• Enable developer success by creating clear, comprehensive guides for complex platforms with multiple interaction methods (UI, APIs, automation).
• Contribute to public Datadog Docs – thousands of pages covering monitoring, security, APM, logs, infrastructure, and integrations.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance documentation efficiency while maintaining technical accuracy and voice standards.

Qualifications & Requirements

Datadog seeks passionate technical writers who thrive in fast-paced, engineer-driven environments. Key qualifications include:

• 3+ years relevant experience writing developer documentation for technical platforms.
• Expertise in Docs as Code: Markdown, static-site generators, GitHub workflows for publishing documentation.
• Code comprehension: Comfortable reading Python, Ruby, Java, or similar programming languages.
• Infrastructure knowledge: Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability concepts.
• Portfolio requirement: Publicly available technical writing samples demonstrating developer-focused content.
• Complex platform experience: Documenting products with UI, API, SDK, and automation workflows.
• AI tool proficiency: Experience integrating AI writing assistants into documentation workflows.

Datadog values growth mindset. If you're passionate about technology and want to build your skills in observability documentation, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification.

Salary & Benefits

The estimated yearly salary for this Technical Writer role is $125,000 - $155,000 USD, plus competitive equity package. Actual compensation considers skills, experience, and qualifications.

• Equity & Ownership: New hire RSUs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive healthcare, dental, global mental health benefits for employees/dependents age 6+.
• Financial Wellness: 401(k) with company match, competitive global benefits package.
• Time Off: Paid time off, parental planning benefits.
• Professional Growth: Continuous development, product training, career pathing, mentor/buddy program.
• Work-Life Balance: Fitness reimbursements, commuter benefits, inclusive culture.
• Community: Join Community Guilds (employee resource groups), Inclusion Talks panel discussions.

Why Join Datadog?

Datadog is more than a monitoring platform – we're building the future of cloud observability. Used by organizations across industries, our platform breaks down silos and solves cloud complexity through infrastructure monitoring, APM, logs, security, and synthetic testing.

Technical Writer Benefits at Datadog:

• Work with cutting-edge observability technologies daily.
• Direct collaboration with world-class engineering teams.
• Remote-first culture with California base and global team.
• Be part of a profitable, high-growth NASDAQ company (DDOG).
• Make documentation that impacts millions of developers.
• Continuous learning in cloud-native, DevOps, security domains.

Join a people-first community that champions professional development, diversity, innovation, and work excellence. Solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate wins together.

How to Apply

Ready to shape how developers interact with the world's leading observability platform? Submit your application with:

• Resume highlighting 3+ years technical writing experience.
• Links to publicly available writing samples (API/SDK docs preferred).
• GitHub portfolio showing Docs as Code contributions.

Datadog is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Apply now to join the pack!