Datadog
Large (~6,000)
Figma
Large (~2,800)
Best For
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
Ratings
DatadogFigma
4.2
3.7
Overall
3.8
3.1
Work-Life Balance
4.3
4.0
Culture & Values
4.4
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.2
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.5
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
Culture Values
Datadog only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Figma only
🎧 Deep Work / Low Meetings
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Datadog
- Excellent compensation and equity — stock has been a genuine wealth builder for early employees
- Strong engineering culture with smart coworkers and interesting technical challenges at scale
- Fast pace can lead to long hours and pressure to deliver, work-life balance varies by team
- Rapid growth has led to organizational growing pains and bureaucracy creeping in
Figma
- World-class talent and technically ambitious problems — real-time multiplayer, WebAssembly rendering
- Strong product mission that employees genuinely believe in — Figma is loved by its users
- Work-life balance rated 3.1/5 — 60+ hour weeks common, especially near deadlines
- Hypergrowth growing pains — product suite doubled without proportional hiring
Bottom Line
Datadog
Choose Datadog if you want strong comp, interesting scale challenges in observability, and a fast-paced engineering culture — but expect long hours and growing bureaucracy.
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
Open Roles
Datadog — 451 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
217
💻 Engineering
118
📋 Product
28
📣 Marketing
15
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
8
🎨 Design
7
⚙️ Operations
6
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Figma — 151 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
44
💻 Engineering
27
👤 HR / People
13
🎨 Design
11
⚖️ Legal
7
📣 Marketing
6
📋 Product
6
⚙️ Operations
3
📊 Data
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
Summary
Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Figma scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.1 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact. Datadog also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity. Figma also emphasizes Deep Work / Low Meetings.
On the hiring front, Datadog has 451 open roles and Figma has 151 open roles.