Datadog Spotlight: Benjamin Fernandes

In this Datadog Spotlight Series, Benjamin Fernandes, Engineering Director based in Paris, shares his career growth journey at the company. He joined as an intern in 2013 and has since grown from an entry-level engineer to a director managing engineers across Europe for APM Distributed Tracing and Error Tracking. Datadog interns contribute significantly to the business, working on goals and projects similar to full-time employees. Fernandes emphasizes that Datadog's core values of being open, pragmatic, and honest have remained consistent as the company has grown. He encourages candidates considering joining Datadog by highlighting the opportunities for growth and exposure to a wide range of technologies in the global software engineering ecosystem.