Director, Security Engineering - Trust & Safety

We are looking for an experienced Director of Security Engineering who will oversee Trust & Safety at Datadog. Trust & Safety at Datadog includes teams and processes that handle high-risk escalations/incident management, user policy, legal requests, product trust, platform abuse, and a focus on internal trust and use of our platform.

In this role, you will be a key decision maker in a forward-thinking organization that integrates 

You will collaborate across Product, Engineering, Compliance, and IT teams to integrate security into every stage of the product development lifecycle. Your leadership will be key in making security a foundational aspect of our products, reinforcing our commitment to earning and maintaining customer trust. You will lead a high performing team of leaders and their teams who are a mix of software engineers and security engineers.  

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

 

What You’ll Do: 

• Define and execute a Trust & Safety roadmap, balancing security, user experience, and business growth.
• Establish metrics and KPIs to measure effectiveness in fraud prevention, abuse mitigation, and compliance.
• Advocate for customer trust by embedding security and safety measures into product development and operational workflows.

• Develop and enforce policies related to fraud, abuse, content moderation, and account security.
• Implement automated and scalable solutions for detecting and responding to threats.
• Partner with Engineering and Product teams to integrate safety mechanisms into platform features

• Work with Legal and Compliance to address regulatory challenges and industry requirements.
• Assist  incident response efforts for trust and safety-related crises, coordinating with Security, PR, and Customer Support, following a well established Datadog process 

• Lead and expand a  high-performing Trust & Safety team, including software and security engineers
• Establish scalable workflows for reviewing and resolving trust and safety incidents.
• Foster a culture of accountability,ownership, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement.

 

Who You Are: 

• You’ve been responsible for building and/or rolling out trust organizations
• You have a proven track record of building and scaling security organizations as a Director or higher in high-growth, where you fostered a strong security culture and led teams through rapid change.
• You've been able to advocate strong security practices by achieving consensus, gaining accountability where ownership is unclear. 
• You have a demonstrated ability to communicate complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, with outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills that inspire collaboration and drive alignment across teams.
• You’ve developed senior engineering leaders and teams who provided critical services for the engineering department. 
• You've developed and hired talent in a group, growing senior leaders (both managers and ICs) 

 

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.

 

To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

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:$272,000—$340,000 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.

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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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