Datadog

The company is just over the cusp of moving from being a small company to a large one. Lots of the tools and processes are ripe for growing to the next generation.

There's a positive feedback loop of the products making customers better at delivery, and thus having new challenges to face, for which we can develop new products.

The culture encourages work-life balance. 70-hour weeks are not expected or encouraged.

A hybrid 3-day/week in-office setup is ideal for me.

Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

High-level decisions seem to be made thoughtfully.

Global teams help prevent group-think.

• Eng teams tend to design 1-2 quarters out, for well-known paths only, instead of gathering broad requirements to design for 1-2 years out while implementing incrementally.
• Four years of rapid growth has left much technical debt, but this is also an opportunity for great projects.
• Global teams mean you spend a lot of time in VC.
• Hints of NIH syndrome (but not nearly as much as at previous employer).

Examine build vs. buy decisions better.

Sometimes, vendors outside our core competencies provide solutions that are less expensive in the long run.