Emerging Talent Recruiter, Engineering

The Recruiting team is responsible for growing our teams at Datadog with great people across multiple technical and business areas. Our recruiters are strategic business partners matchmakers sellers and marketers with strong relationships across the leadership team. As part of our Global Emerging Talent Team youll help build the pipeline that fuels Datadogs future owning the full candidate journey for our interns new grads and early career hires across EMEA.

Were evolving how we do Emerging Talent 2026 and beyond this isnt just about filling a calendar of campus events. Its about building a predictable high-quality pipeline delivering a candidate experience people talk about driving representation at the entry level using data to make sharper decisions and taking smart risks to keep improving how we do all of it. This role is central to that shift.

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 (3 days/week in our Paris office) to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

Own the pipeline and candidate experience

• Own the end-to-end candidate lifecycle for assigned schools functions or programs across EMEA from sourcing and screening through offer and conversion
• Deliver a high-touch consistent candidate experience across every touchpoint: outreach interviews events internship hosting and offer
• Maintain funnel momentum diagnose issues early and unblock your pipeline weekly

Be a brand ambassador

• Represent Datadog as a premier employer for emerging talent across university campuses and virtual channels in EMEA
• Own key university and student organization relationships; act as the face of Datadog on campus
• Plan and execute recruiting events career fairs hackathons info sessions and beyond campus engagements that create real excitement not just check a box
• Embed yourself in the culture of the schools and organizations you partner with and connect that understanding back to our recruiting goals

Drive inclusive representative hiring

• Build inclusive sourcing and engagement strategies and track representation across your funnel
• Identify where diverse candidates drop off and take action to improve outcomes at every stage: outreach interview and close

Use data to get better not just to report

• Know your personal KPIs (conversion offer acceptance funnel health) and use them to self-correct
• Use AI-enabled tools to summarize data spot trends and reduce manual work while checking outputs for accuracy before acting on them
• Bring insights and recommendations to hiring partners not just status updates

Innovate and iterate

• Test new engagement formats sourcing strategies and event formats; measure what works and share it with the team
• Adopt a Start Stop Continue mindset after each recruiting cycle

For Recruiter:

• 1-3 years of experience in campus university or early career recruiting
• Proven ability to build and manage a candidate pipeline end-to-end
• Strong communicator who can represent Datadog confidently in front of students hiring managers and university partners
• Comfortable with data and the ability to track your own numbers and use them to improve your approach
• Organized and adaptable; you can run multiple events timelines and candidates at once without dropping the ball
• Fluent in English and French; additional European languages are a plus
• Willingness to travel to campuses across Europe

For Senior Recruiter additionally:

• 3-5 years of experience in campus/early career recruiting including ownership of complex or high-priority school relationships and programs
• Track record of shaping strategy not just executing a plan. Youve influenced hiring partners with data and driven measurable improvements to pipeline or inclusion outcomes
• Experience acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and holding hiring teams accountable to shared goals
• History of mentoring or coaching other recruiters and setting the bar for team behaviors

We understand not everyone will meet every qualification on day one. Thats okay. If youre passionate about early talent and want to grow your skills we encourage you to apply.

• Generous and competitive health benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Best in breed onboarding
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture with the ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks our internal panel discussions
• Free global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.