Software Engineer (Full Stack) (Compliance Engineering)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (Full Stack) (Compliance Engineering): Build and maintain full-stack features for internal compliance platforms, with an accent on control management, governance/risk workflows, and production-ready integrations. Focus on designing backend services and frontend workflows, automating continuous monitoring and user access review, and delivering modular code while working through security and compliance requirements.

Location: New York, New York, USA

Salary: $156,000 — $195,000 USD (yearly)

Company

Datadog builds internal platforms and tooling that support governance, risk, and compliance workflows.

What you will do

• Build and maintain full-stack features for internal compliance platforms, covering database design, backend services, APIs, and frontend workflows.
• Own and deliver small features independently and contribute to larger initiatives with support from managers and senior engineers.
• Develop capabilities for control management, framework mapping, gap assessments, audit support, and control health signals.
• Partner with stakeholders across Compliance, Governance, Internal Audit, and Customer Trust to clarify requirements and propose pragmatic technical solutions.
• Implement automations and workflows for continuous monitoring, inventory management, training validation, user access review, and integrations with SaaS/cloud and internal systems.
• Use AI-assisted and agentic coding tools while maintaining code quality, testing, maintainability, and production readiness.

Requirements

• Experience building full-stack applications across backend services, APIs, databases, and frontend interfaces.
• Experience with or interest in Go, Python, React, TypeScript, SQL, PostgreSQL, Temporal, or similar technologies.
• Comfortable using AI-assisted and agentic coding tools as part of daily development workflow.
• Ability to work through ambiguity, deliver modular and maintainable code, and take defined technical/product direction.
• Comfort partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to build tools, workflows, dashboards, forms, tables, or data visualizations.
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid workplace to support office collaboration while maintaining work-life harmony.
• Opportunity to grow as a full-stack engineer in a specialized, high-impact area of information security and compliance.
• Hands-on exposure to internal platforms, telemetry, workflow automation, and engineering practices.
• Product training, continuous career development, and internal mobility opportunities.
• Mentor and buddy program for new hires.
• New hire stock equity, employee stock purchase plan, and comprehensive global benefits (including healthcare and 401(k) plan and match).

Hiring process

• Interviews focused on full-stack engineering experience, collaboration, and ability to deliver modular, maintainable code.
• Evaluation of technical fit through discussions of relevant projects and development practices.