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Average Datadog software engineer salary

$133,975yearly

$48.2 hourly rate

Entry-level Datadog software engineer salary
$102,000 yearly
Updated April 5, 2024

How much does Datadog pay software engineers?

The average salary for Datadog software engineers is $133,975 per year. Datadog software engineer salaries range between $102,000 to $175,000 per year. Datadog software engineers earn 34% more than the national average salary for software engineers of $100,260.

Location impacts how much a software engineer at Datadog can expect to make. Software engineers at Datadog make the most in Seattle, WA, Campbell, CA, and New York, NY.

How much does Datadog pay software engineers by location?

Datadog pays software engineers the most in Seattle, WA, Campbell, CA, and New York, NY. Additionally, cities like Boston and Denver also report highly competitive salaries for software engineers at Datadog.

Software engineer Datadog salary by location

RankCityAvg. salaryHourly rate
1Seattle, WA$154,738$74.39
2Campbell, CA$152,944$73.53
3New York, NY$130,155$62.57
4Boston, MA$121,309$58.32
5Denver, CO$113,465$54.55
6Austin, TX$112,983$54.32

Highest-paid Datadog software engineers by job level

RankJob titleAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1Software Director$185,380$89-
2Software Engineering Manager$181,773$87-
3Chief Software Architect$181,019$87-
4Principal Software Engineer$177,122$85-
5Senior Software Engineer Manager$174,444$84-
6Staff Software Engineer$170,738$8217
7Vice President, Software Development$169,887$82-
8Software Leader$166,921$80-
9Senior Software Architect$163,367$79-
10Vice President Of Software Engineering$163,294$79-

Recent salaries for software engineers at datadog

JobLocationDate addedSalary
Software Engineer-FrontendNew York, NY06/09/2025$130,000
Software Engineer-Distributed StorageNew York, NY05/26/2025$130,000
Software Engineer-Identity and AuthenticationNew York, NY04/30/2025$130,000
Software Engineer-Observability Infrastructure SRENew York, NY03/26/2025$187,000
Software Engineer-Incident ManagementBoston, MA03/26/2025$130,000

Software engineer salary at Datadog competitors

RankCompanyAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1Cloudflare$143,273$6961
2Yammer$134,122$64-
3New Relic$132,839$6420
4Sumo Logic$131,526$634
5Box$130,596$632
6Kaltura$130,201$63-
7Nutanix$124,553$6011
8VMware$123,821$601
9Proofpoint$121,411$5820
10Amplitude$111,887$5412
11Dynatrace$108,833$52-
12SkillSurvey$106,674$51-
13AutoAlert$106,394$51-
14Numara Software$106,298$51-
15Eagle Point Software$105,775$51-
16Sheshunoff Information Services$105,520$51-
17Spruce Technology$105,357$51-
18Quest Software$104,705$50-
19Marketo$103,404$50-
20MuleSoft$98,117$47-

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