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Senior Recruiter

DatadogBoston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York, New York, USA, United StatesFull-timeSalary not listed · Typical pay in United StatesPosted Nov 9, 2026

Datadog has an opening for a Senior Recruiter in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York, New York, USA, United States. The listing describes it as a full-time, senior position with hybrid working.

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Datadog has an opening for a Senior Recruiter in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York, New York, USA, United States. The listing describes it as a full-time, senior position with hybrid working.

The employer does not state a salary in this listing; DGJ Insight below shows an official pay benchmark for the place where one exists.

Benefits mentioned in the advert: health insurance, pension or retirement plan, paid time off and equity or stock options.

Visa sponsorship is not mentioned. Applicants from outside United States should check the official work permit route before applying.

Dev Global Jobs found this job on Greenhouse on Nov 9, 2026.

Employer
Datadog
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York, New York, USA, United States
Work mode
hybrid
Job type
Full-time
Level (from the title)
senior
Pay
Not stated by the employer
Found
Nov 9, 2026 on Greenhouse
Employer text
756 words, about 3 min to read
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Updated Nov 9, 2026
Pay benchmark
Average wage, United States
$86,977 average / year

Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025

Work permit route
  • H-1B specialty occupation: Employer petition, bachelor's degree or higher in the specialty; annual cap and lottery
  • L-1 intracompany transferee: Employees of a related company abroad transferring to a US office
  • O-1 extraordinary ability: Evidence of extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics

Official routes: USCIS

Job description

About the role

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We are looking to hire a Senior Recruiter who will be responsible for finding the best talent for our team; you will be the face of recruiting at Datadog! You will be the first point of contact for new candidates in the hiring process, playing a critical role in identifying great candidates, telling the Datadog story and ultimately turning great candidates into great employees.

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.

01What You’ll Do

  • Proactively hunt, identify, screen, and assess talent while ensuring their qualifications match the open roles
  • Partner closely with org leaders across the region to strategically plan for hiring across multiple business orgs
  • Develop strategies to build and fill active and passive talent pipelines in order to tackle roles of varying complexity, while hiring at a high volume
  • Develop ideas to pivot messaging, job descriptions, or any external facing content/events to help impact our ability to acquire talent
  • Stay on top of the latest recruiting strategies, market movements, and company changes
  • Ensure candidates and hiring managers have an excellent interview experience by creating and fostering high touch relationships with all
  • Enhance our recruitment process through revamping interview practices, training interview teams, and becoming an expert at our ATS, Greenhouse
  • Proactively solve for challenges across the region and work closely with xfn partners within recruiting and overall people team.

02Who You Are

  • Experienced in 10+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting for roles preferably for tech companies
  • Autonomous with a demonstrated ability to work independently and simultaneously on multiple positions
  • Superior at selling value proposition, negotiating and closing great candidates
  • Skilled at operating with a sense of urgency in all stages of the recruiting cycle
  • Able to successfully navigate an ever-changing process

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.

03Benefits and Growth

  • Generous and competitive benefits package
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
  • Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
  • Best in breed onboarding
  • Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

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

#LI-Hybrid

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:

$120,000-$160,000 USD


04About Datadog

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.


05Equal Opportunity at Datadog

Datadog 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

06Privacy and AI Guidelines

Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

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