Datadog developer

Datadog developer 6 Month contract initially + Extensions
Based:
London Max 2-3 days onsite p/w
Rate: £Market rates p/d - (via Umbrella company)

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Datadog developer to join the team.

We are seeking a highly skilled Datadog Subject Matter Expert (SME) with a strong developer mindset to join our client engagement onsite in the UK. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and optimizing observability within modern application and cloud-native ecosystems, working closely with development, SRE, and platform teams.

The ideal candidate will bring deep hands‑on Datadog expertise, strong coding/scripting skills, and experience embedding observability into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for large-scale, mission‑critical systems.

• Design and implement end‑to‑end observability solutions using Datadog across metrics, logs, traces, RUM, synthetics, and events.
• Develop and maintain custom dashboards, service maps, and business journey views aligned to application and business KPIs.
• Configure and optimize alerts, monitors, and SLOs/SLIs to ensure actionable and noise‑free alerting.
• Drive Datadog best practices adoption across application and platform teams.

• Embed Datadog APM, Open Telemetry, and custom instrumentation into applications (Java, .NET, Python, Node.js, etc.).
• Partner with developers to ensure observability‑by‑design during development, testing, and release cycles.
• Develop reusable instrumentation libraries, tagging standards, and data models.
• Support shift‑left observability across CI/CD pipelines.

• Implement Datadog monitoring for cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP) including services, networking, and security signals.
• Enable deep observability for containerised and Kubernetes environments (EKS/AKS/GKE, Open Shift).
• Optimize telemetry ingestion, sampling, and cost management.

• Build automation using Python, REST APIs, Terraform, or CI/CD tools for Datadog onboarding and configuration.
• Integrate Datadog with ITSM, incident management, and collaboration tools (e.g., Service Now, Pager Duty).
• Support automated incident detection, enrichment, and diagnostics.

• Perform performance analysis and root cause investigations using Datadog telemetry.
• Support capacity planning, resilience testing, and reliability improvements.
• Participate in post‑incident reviews and drive continuous improvement actions.

• Act as the Datadog technical face‑off for UK‑based stakeholders and client teams.
• Collaborate with application owners, architects, and SRE teams in onsite workshops and design sessions.
• Provide guidance, documentation, and knowledge transfer to client teams.

• Strong hands‑on experience with Datadog (APM, Infra, Logs, RUM, Synthetics, Dashboards, Monitors).
• Solid programming experience in Java, Python, .NET, Node.js, or similar languages.
• Experience with Open Telemetry and distributed tracing.
• Strong understanding of cloud‑native architectures and microservices.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and container observability.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and Dev Ops practices.

• Ideally 6‑10+ years of experience in software engineering, SRE, or observability roles.
• Proven experience delivering observability solutions in large enterprise or BFSI environments.
• Experience working in onsite / client‑facing roles, preferably in the UK or Europe.

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work. If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible.

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