Description
The Product Solutions Architecture (PSA) team at Datadog acts as a technical multiplier, partnering with Field teams on complex customer use cases and influencing product roadmaps.
As a Product Solutions Architect, you will focus on Datadog's Cloud Cost Management (CCM) suite, helping customers understand, allocate, and reduce cloud spend.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the in-house subject matter expert for Datadog's Cloud Cost Management products
- Provide architectural guidance on capacity planning, comparing cloud service cost models, and balancing performance vs. cost trade-offs
- Guide customers on tokenomics and AI cost attribution across providers
- Help enterprise clients track real-time AI spend changes and set up cost anomaly monitoring
- Partner with Field teams to provide hands-on technical and architectural guidance to enterprise customers
- Create high-impact technical collateral, including reference architectures, technical guides, and documentation
- Act as a trusted advisor to Product Management, delivering actionable feedback informed by real-world field experience
Requirements
- Strong engineering foundation with hands-on experience managing, allocating, or optimizing cloud spend
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and core observability concepts
- Deep understanding of cost models, performance characteristics, and capacity planning across various cloud services
- Experience with languages such as Python and/or SQL
- Comfortable operating in rapidly evolving, ambiguous technical domains
- Strong listening and consultative skills
Nice to Have
- Successful track record with 5+ years experience working as a Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, or FinOps practitioner
- Experience using Datadog and/or other observability tools
- Familiarity with FinOps Foundation practices and commitment management
- FinOps certification
Benefits
- Best-in-breed onboarding
- Generous global benefits
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- An inclusive company culture
- Competitive salary and equity package, with variable compensation
- Reasonably estimated yearly salary: $152,000-$202,000 USD