Formerly great company spoiled by management AI mandate - Senior Software Engineer Datadog Employee Review

2.0
May 31, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The engineers are both skilled and good to work with. Building a product that is useful and sold to customers, vs selling your users is a pleasure.

Cons

Management recently added an AI mandate, so look elsewhere if you don't want to be required to use LLMs

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Datadog Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear you value your engineering colleagues and the opportunity to build products that deliver value for customers. We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective on recent changes, including our approach to AI. As technology continues to evolve, we encourage open dialogue and feedback through your manager or People Business Partner.

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