Datadog
Large (~6,000)
Hugging Face
Small (~400)
Best For
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Hugging Face
Best for: Open-source enthusiasts who value remote flexibility over top comp
Ratings
DatadogHugging Face
4.2
3.8
Overall
3.8
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.3
4.2
Culture & Values
4.4
3.4
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.6
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.5
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
👍 78% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Clement Delangue)
Culture Values
Datadog only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Hugging Face only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🌐 Remote-Friendly🕐 Flexible Hours🪟 Transparent🧩 Wears Many Hats📡 Async-First
Shared
None
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
Hugging Face
- True open-source DNA — you work on things millions of developers actually use
- Remote-first and async culture that actually works across time zones
- Below-market comp compared to FAANG
- Career progression is unclear — no well-defined ladder
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.
Hugging Face
Choose Hugging Face if you want to build tools millions of ML devs use with true remote freedom — but comp lags FAANG.
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
Hugging Face — 12 jobs
🧠 ML / AI
7
💻 Engineering
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Hugging Face scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, Datadog has 451 open roles and Hugging Face has 12 open roles.