Datadog
Large (~6,000)
Snowflake
Large (~7,000)
Best For
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Snowflake
Best for: Professionals interested in Snowflake
Ratings
DatadogSnowflake
4.2
3.7
Overall
3.8
3.4
Work-Life Balance
4.3
3.8
Culture & Values
4.4
3.7
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.5
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.5
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Datadog only
🎯 Direct Product Impact
Snowflake only
No unique values
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth💎 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
Snowflake
- Massive-scale distributed systems work with top-tier compensation and RSUs
- High technical bar, accessible senior leaders, and real learning opportunities
- Culture shifting under new leadership — holiday cuts and increased performance pressure
- Quarterly planning overhead and oncall load vary significantly by team
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.
Snowflake
Snowflake — 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
Snowflake — 419 jobs
💻 Engineering
181
💼 Sales / GTM
93
📣 Marketing
29
📋 Product
22
📊 Data
14
⚖️ Legal
6
⚙️ Operations
6
🧠 ML / AI
5
💰 Finance
3
🎨 Design
2
Summary
Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Snowflake scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.4 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Strong Comp & Equity. Datadog also emphasizes Direct Product Impact.
On the hiring front, Datadog has 422 open roles and Snowflake has 419 open roles.