Security Engineering Intern

We’re looking for security-minded or security-curious interns to join us in protecting Datadog’s customers, systems, and products. You’ll join one of Datadog’s Security Engineering teams and work alongside engineers and researchers to solve meaningful, real-world problems. Whether you’re developing tools that detect potential threats, analyzing security data to uncover insights, or helping improve the security of our products and infrastructure, our interns are key contributors to how Datadog and our customers stay secure. 

About the Teams

Datadog’s Security Engineering organization brings together teams that keep our customers and systems secure at scale. Two of these - Product Detection Engineering and Application Security - focus on different areas of security, from uncovering threats to building secure-by-default applications.

Product Detection Engineering creates the detections and tooling that turn raw data into actionable insights, helping Datadog and our customers quickly identify and respond to potential threats.

Application Security defines the standards and builds the safeguards that keep our applications secure. The team uses telemetry to spot and fix security gaps, automate protection, and make secure development easy for engineers across Datadog.

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What You’ll Do:

• Work closely with one of our Security Engineering teams, Product Detection Engineering or Application Security 
• Collaborate across the organization to identify gaps and design automated solutions to address Datadog’s business needs
• Create and tune security detections to discover malicious activity
• Work to secure a BeyondCorp-style zero-trust network
• Solve performance or scaling problems in your team’s services
• Deploy new features to production and progressively roll them out with feature flags
• Investigate and fix production issues in services your team owns
• Learn new skills and technologies and receive mentorship from some of the best engineers in the industry

Who You Are

• You are targeting a 2027 full-time start date
• You are in the process of receiving/have a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field; or have equivalent experience
• You have strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, software design, operating systems, networking to name a few) 
• You have taken classes or have done individual projects that are security focused or adjacent, and are curious to learn more about it
• You are comfortable coding in one or more programming languages 
• You are familiar with and get excited about building and deploying systems at scale
• You want to explore areas of security as a potential area you want to work in full-time
• You are a self-starter who enjoys partnering with other engineers and solving difficult problems 
• You are available to work full-time from the Datadog New York office from one of the following: 
• May 18, 2026 - August 14, 2026
• May 18, 2026 - August 21, 2026
• June 1, 2026 - August 21, 2026

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:

• Opportunities to work with teammates in-office and across the globe on meaningful challenges that will keep you thinking
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• In-person intern cohort and monthly company social events
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Relocation support and travel benefits
• Unlimited snacks and drinks in our office; catered lunches on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
• Beautiful offices in convenient locations

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

This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

If possible, please apply using your personal email address instead of your university email address.