New York, New York, USA Hybrid Full-time USD 195,000 – 240,000 / year

Datadog is hiring a Senior Security Engineer, Offensive Security

Responsibilities

  • Lead full-cycle red team operations that emulate realistic adversary behaviors across cloud environments including AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, and enterprise networks
  • Design and sustain custom offensive tools, automation frameworks, and infrastructure platforms, applying software engineering principles to offensive security workflows
  • Create specialized payloads and evasion techniques adapted to internal systems and modern security controls such as EDR, SIEM, and network monitoring solutions
  • Enhance offensive operation effectiveness by integrating automation and AI to streamline reconnaissance, vulnerability assessment, and reporting processes
  • Collaborate with detection and response teams during purple teaming exercises to test detection rules, refine alert accuracy, and shape threat modeling strategies
  • Convert offensive insights into actionable security enhancements by directly coordinating with defensive teams and engineering units to remediate vulnerabilities

Compensation

Competitive global benefits, new hire stock equity (RSUs), employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Other

  • 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)
  • Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
  • Competitive global benefits
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Job Details
Department Security
Category security
Posted 3 hours ago