Datadog
Large (~6,000)
Lambda
Mid (~500)
Best For
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Ratings
DatadogLambda
4.2
3.6
Overall
3.8
3.7
Work-Life Balance
4.3
3.7
Culture & Values
4.4
3.6
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.4
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.4
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Datadog only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Lambda only
No unique values
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity
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
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
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.
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Datadog — 422 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
218
💻 Engineering
83
📋 Product
28
📣 Marketing
12
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
8
🎨 Design
6
⚖️ Legal
3
⚙️ Operations
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
1
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity. Datadog also emphasizes Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Datadog has 422 open roles and Lambda has 32 open roles.