Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Feature Flags

<p data-renderer-start-pos="185" data-local-id="a0b3dd970c2c">&nbsp;</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="185" data-local-id="a0b3dd970c2c">As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer on the Feature Flags team, you'll partner directly with customers to accelerate their feature flag implementations, from initial architecture consulting through prototype builds to full-scale migrations. This role is for someone who wants to write code with customers, not just advise them. You'll work hands-on inside customer codebases to unblock complex, high-stakes deployments, directly influencing deal velocity and customer success. Working closely with Sales, Solutions, and Engineering, you'll be the technical force that turns a signed contract into a live, adopted implementation.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="816" data-local-id="5095cd13bc3d">&nbsp;</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="818" data-local-id="4d0610c0eafa"><em data-renderer-mark="true">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.</em></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1093" data-local-id="422d41309435">&nbsp;</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1095" data-local-id="55f67f2debbd"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">What You’ll Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1114" data-local-id="990fedd26e02">Serve as the hands-on technical partner for strategic customers implementing Datadog Feature Flags, from pre-sales technical validation through post-sales delivery</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1281" data-local-id="bba3dcc04857">Consult on flag architecture and implementation approach for complex environments; multi-service, multi-platform, high-scale deployments</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1421" data-local-id="6d623293a8ce">Build prototype flag implementations directly in customer codebases to prove value and de-risk technical decisions early in the sales cycle</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1564" data-local-id="22f5026e8960">Implement flags across diverse and advanced deployment modes (server-side, client-side, edge, mobile, streaming/real-time) tailored to each customer's stack</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1724" data-local-id="bd5e9596cd02">Drive full flag migrations to completion, including legacy system cutover, efficiently and with minimal customer engineering burden</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1859" data-local-id="e5bd4e8aea97">Identify patterns across customer implementations and feed them back to Product and Engineering to improve the core product and reduce future implementation time</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2024" data-local-id="e7b49d015970">Partner with Sales and Solutions to accelerate deal cycles by removing technical risk and uncertainty</li> </ul> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2129" data-local-id="df825ee01edc">&nbsp;</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2131" data-local-id="1d6983dbe1ff"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Who You Are:</strong></p> <ul> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2147" data-local-id="d901a933c063">5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with hands-on coding ability across the stack you're deployed into</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2275" data-local-id="5f6dceff17f5">Experience with feature flagging, experimentation, or config management systems (internal or vendor)</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2379" data-local-id="4a94683be1d1">Comfortable dropping into unfamiliar codebases, languages, and frameworks quickly - no specific stack required, but strong fundamentals and fast ramp-up</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2535" data-local-id="855940805fd6">Experience shipping production code, not just prototypes;&nbsp; you understand the difference between a demo and something that survives a migration</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2682" data-local-id="1efca038f517">Customer-facing experienc