Senior Sales Engineer - Public Sector (UK)
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you will provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations (POVs). Sales Engineers help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and have a voice with the product team to help prioritize features based on input from customers, competitors, and partners.
At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
What You’ll Do:
- Partner with the Sales team to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition, vision and strategy to customers
- Own technical engagement with customers during the trial phase. Communicate Datadog’s value based on activities and work with customers on any identified issues or concerns to successful conclusion
- Technically close complex opportunities through advanced competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility
- Deliver product and technical briefings / presentations to potential clients
- Maintain accurate notes and feedback in CRM regarding customer input both wins and losses
- Proactively engage and communicate with customers and Datadog business/technical teams regarding product feedback and competitive landscape
Who You Are:
- Passionate about educating customers on observability risks that are meaningful to their business, and able to build and execute an evaluation plan with a customer
- Someone with strong written and oral communication skills. This role requires an ability to understand and articulate both the business benefits (value proposition) and technical advantages of our offering
- Experienced in programming/scripting with any of the following: Java, Python, Ruby, Go, Node.JS, PHP, and .NET etc.
- Someone with a minimum of 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or DevOps Engineering role
- Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites
- Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 45% of the time
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Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits and Growth:
- Best-in-breed onboarding
- Generous global benefits
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
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Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
About Datadog:
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
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What this role asks for
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Python
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The team: Enterprise Sales Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 17 open in Enterprise Sales Engineering. 4 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in June: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Datadog (17 of 17), AWS (16 of 17), Azure (16 of 17), GCP (16 of 17), Kubernetes (16 of 17)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Sales Engineer - Majors (Central) posted Oct 5
- Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - Majors (West) posted Oct 1
- Enterprise Sales Engineer - Netherlands posted Sep 30
- Senior Sales Engineer - AI Accounts posted Sep 29
- Director, Sales Engineering - ASEAN posted Sep 7
- Sales Engineer - Enterprise posted Aug 24
- Senior Sales Engineer - NorthCentral posted Aug 21
- Senior Sales Engineer - FED posted Aug 21
- Senior Sales Engineer - Paris posted Aug 21
- Senior Security Sales Engineer posted Aug 19
- Senior Security Sales Engineer posted Aug 19
- Director, Enterprise Sales Engineering - US Central posted Aug 18
- Senior Sales Engineer - Majors (West) posted Aug 13
- Senior Sales Engineer - Bay Area posted Aug 5
- Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - UK posted Jul 8
- Regional Manager, Sales Engineering - Public Sector posted Jun 18
From the team and dates on Datadog's own job board.
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