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Get Access To All JobsReports to: Head of Developer Growth · New York, NY
NOTE: This is not a traditional marketing role, it's a growth role that reports into the Product org.
We're hiring someone to build our developer audience the way the best consumer brands build audiences, with a real voice, a point of view, and the speed to act on both. You'll own where and how we show up in the places developers actually spend time, run our developer social channels, expand into new ones, and build the tooling and measurement behind it.
This is a builder role, not simply a coordination role.
What You'll Do:
- Own the voice, editorial standard, and publishing cadence for Datadog's developer channels (@datadogdevs on X, Datadog Developers on LinkedIn)
- Treat replies as a primary surface. The best accounts win in the mentions, not the feed
- Expand into the places developers actually spend time: Reddit, YouTube, Discord, Bluesky, dev.to, Hacker News, and whatever you make the case for. Always openly as Datadog — developers catch anything else immediately, and you only get caught once
- Turn shipped engineering work into things people want to read and watch. Releases, changelogs, war stories, the occasional postmortem that deserves a wider audience
- Build the attribution model connecting what you publish to trials and signups. Nobody is handing you this one
- Run real experiments: a hypothesis, a readout, and the willingness to kill something publicly when it doesn't work
- Lead the developer content engine around events
- Get other people posting — Datadog engineers under their own names, and developers outside the company who already like us and could use the support
- Track what developers are saying about us and our competitors, and route it back to product and growth
Who You Are:
- You've grown an audience from a small number to a large one
- You can point to outcomes your content moved, not just reach
- You're a strong writer with a distinctive voice, and you know the difference between writing about an audience and writing for one
- You have opinions about formats, platforms, and pacing, and you change them when the algorithms demand it
- You know what ships now and what needs a second set of eyes
- You're a vibe poster (or coder) and you know how to build hype
- You're comfortable with tools and automation, and you'd rather build a workflow than repeat a task
- You distrust vanity metrics
- Your writing doesn't get scrolled past
Background is open. Consumer, sports, entertainment, media, tech. It doesn't matter whether you came from engineering, growth, marketing, B2C, or something unrelated. Show us what you shipped and what it moved.
Preferred: short-form video you produced yourself, an existing audience of your own, prior work with a technical or enthusiast audience, comfort on camera, and ideas about what to build with other teams, partners, and integrations.
What We Provide:
This role sits in the Product org, so you'll have product and engineering peers, the flexibility to make asks, move quickly, and work directly with the audience we're trying to reach.
LI-Hybrid
About Datadog:
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Privacy and AI Guidelines:
Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
Reports to: Head of Developer Growth · New York, NY
NOTE: This is not a traditional marketing role, it's a growth role that reports into the Product org.
We're hiring someone to build our developer audience the way the best consumer brands build audiences, with a real voice, a point of view, and the speed to act on both. You'll own where and how we show up in the places developers actually spend time, run our developer social channels, expand into new ones, and build the tooling and measurement behind it.
This is a builder role, not simply a coordination role.
What You'll Do:
- Own the voice, editorial standard, and publishing cadence for Datadog's developer channels (@datadogdevs on X, Datadog Developers on LinkedIn)
- Treat replies as a primary surface. The best accounts win in the mentions, not the feed
- Expand into the places developers actually spend time: Reddit, YouTube, Discord, Bluesky, dev.to, Hacker News, and whatever you make the case for. Always openly as Datadog — developers catch anything else immediately, and you only get caught once
- Turn shipped engineering work into things people want to read and watch. Releases, changelogs, war stories, the occasional postmortem that deserves a wider audience
- Build the attribution model connecting what you publish to trials and signups. Nobody is handing you this one
- Run real experiments: a hypothesis, a readout, and the willingness to kill something publicly when it doesn't work
- Lead the developer content engine around events
- Get other people posting — Datadog engineers under their own names, and developers outside the company who already like us and could use the support
- Track what developers are saying about us and our competitors, and route it back to product and growth
Who You Are:
- You've grown an audience from a small number to a large one
- You can point to outcomes your content moved, not just reach
- You're a strong writer with a distinctive voice, and you know the difference between writing about an audience and writing for one
- You have opinions about formats, platforms, and pacing, and you change them when the algorithms demand it
- You know what ships now and what needs a second set of eyes
- You're a vibe poster (or coder) and you know how to build hype
- You're comfortable with tools and automation, and you'd rather build a workflow than repeat a task
- You distrust vanity metrics
- Your writing doesn't get scrolled past
Background is open. Consumer, sports, entertainment, media, tech. It doesn't matter whether you came from engineering, growth, marketing, B2C, or something unrelated. Show us what you shipped and what it moved.
Preferred: short-form video you produced yourself, an existing audience of your own, prior work with a technical or enthusiast audience, comfort on camera, and ideas about what to build with other teams, partners, and integrations.
What We Provide:
This role sits in the Product org, so you'll have product and engineering peers, the flexibility to make asks, move quickly, and work directly with the audience we're trying to reach.
LI-Hybrid
About Datadog:
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Privacy and AI Guidelines:
Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Social Media Lead Jobs
Frame your degree for specialty occupation
H-1B eligibility hinges on a direct link between your degree field and the Social Media Lead role. A communications or marketing degree maps cleanly, but a general business degree may require your transcript to show relevant coursework concentration.
Search LCA filings by job title
Use Migrate Mate to find employers with verified LCA filing history for Social Media Lead and closely related titles like Social Media Manager or Digital Marketing Lead, so you're targeting companies that have already cleared DOL's prevailing-wage process.
Target mid-size tech and DTC brands
Direct-to-consumer and software companies frequently sponsor Social Media Leads because the role sits inside growth or marketing teams with dedicated headcount budgets. These employers also tend to move faster through the offer-to-petition timeline than large enterprise organizations.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer must certify your salary meets the DOL prevailing wage for your location and experience level. Run the OFLC Wage Search for the Social Media Manager occupation in your target metro before you receive an offer, so you can negotiate from an accurate baseline.
Clarify the LCA timeline with HR early
Once you have a verbal offer, ask HR whether they use in-house counsel or an outside immigration firm. The LCA must be certified by DOL before USCIS can receive the I-129 petition, so confirming this process exists in-house avoids delays after you've already given notice.
Document your portfolio for USCIS review
If USCIS issues a Request for Evidence questioning whether the role requires a specialized degree, campaign performance data, brand strategy documents, and cross-functional project records all support the specialty occupation argument more concretely than a job description alone.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Social Media Lead role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, when the employer requires a bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, digital media, or a closely related field as a standard hiring condition. The role needs to involve specialized judgment beyond general content posting, such as brand strategy, paid media oversight, or audience analytics. USCIS evaluates the position description, not just the job title, so the offer letter and LCA should reflect degree-level requirements explicitly.
Which visa types realistically cover Social Media Lead roles?
H-1B is the primary path for most nationalities, covering an initial period of up to three years, extendable to six. Australian citizens can use the E-3 visa, which has a separate annual cap that has never been exhausted and allows two-year renewable status. Chilean and Singaporean nationals may qualify under the H-1B1 visa. All three require a specialty occupation showing and an employer-filed Labor Condition Application.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor Social Media Lead positions?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified LCA sponsorship history for marketing and social media roles, searchable by city and job type. This saves you from applying to companies that have never cleared the DOL filing process and helps you prioritize outreach to employers already familiar with sponsorship requirements.
What happens to my H-1B status if my Social Media Lead role gets eliminated or restructured?
Your H-1B status is tied to the specific employer and role described in the approved petition. If the position is eliminated, you have a 60-day grace period to find a new sponsoring employer and have a new petition filed on your behalf. If your role is restructured significantly, your employer may need to file an amended petition before the change takes effect to maintain your valid status.
Does a three-year Australian bachelor's degree satisfy the H-1B specialty occupation requirement?
USCIS generally accepts a three-year Australian bachelor's degree as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree for specialty occupation purposes, particularly when supported by a credential evaluation from a recognized organization. The evaluation should confirm the degree is in a field directly relevant to the Social Media Lead role. Employers and their immigration counsel typically request this evaluation as part of the petition package.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Social Media Lead jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.