Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management

About the role

Here at Datadog, we think about vulnerability management a little differently. We embrace open source software, recognize our role in the software supply chain, and see attackers weaponizing vulnerabilities faster than ever. We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer who can combine vulnerability-management judgment with hands-on engineering to help us scale and improve our vulnerability lifecycle across Datadog’s multi-cloud products and services.

What they’re looking for

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• You have experience identifying, prioritizing, and driving remediation of vulnerabilities in large software, cloud, or infrastructure environments.
• You can independently solve complex technical problems using one or more programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java.
• You have experience with cloud-native or multi-cloud environments, containers or orchestration platforms, infrastructure as code, and modern software-delivery workflows.
• You have experience reproducing and validating externally reported vulnerabilities.
• You use data, exploitability, exposure, technical context, and business impact to make and explain risk decisions.
• You are comfortable making progress without a complete specification: you break problems down, test assumptions, fail fast, document tradeoffs, and adjust when new information emerges.
• You use AI-assisted tools thoughtfully, validate their output, and can explain the reasoning behind your decisions.
• You influence across security, engineering, product, and compliance teams through clear communication, technical credibility, and solutions that reduce friction.
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related scientific field, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits & working conditions

• 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 and the 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.
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