Datadog Security Engineer jobs
Senior-only, hybrid NYC security builders with AI-agent security front and center.
The Senior Security Engineer role
Datadog security engineers are builders: they ship guardrails, golden paths and automation for a large multi-cloud Kubernetes estate rather than only reviewing. Open US seats cluster in platform and cloud security, vulnerability lifecycle, CI/CD supply-chain security and AI-agent product security. Roles are Senior-level and hybrid, centered on New York and Boston.
Datadog describes specialized security domains spanning application, platform, cloud security, detection and response, and customer trust, formed partly by combining its SRE and security groups; open reqs name Platform Security, SDLC Security, Product Security, Vulnerability Management and Internal Trust, on the standard SWE ladder.
Datadog security engineer salary
Base: the posted range on Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management (Boston/NYC; Greenhouse, updated Sep 29, 2026), $192,000–$240,000 — the same range is posted on CI/CD Security and Product Security for AI Agents, and Senior Platform Security Engineer NYC posts $187k–$240k; Senior is the lowest open level. Total comp: levels.fyi Datadog Security Software Engineer US 25th–75th percentile, $215k–$325k (8–9 submissions spanning SWE II and Senior), Oct 2026.
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