At Datadog, over 2,000 engineers deploy and ship new features daily. As a leading observability and security platform used by thousands of companies, ensuring quality and reliability is no small feat. Part of our commitment to excellence lies in our dogfooding culture where our engineering organization is one of the largest and most demanding users of the Datadog platform.
To maintain seamless operations at this scale, our dedicated observability team plays a crucial role in improving the observability baseline for Datadog teams and reducing friction for managing Datadog efficiently. They empower engineering teams across the organization to optimize the platform’s full potential, and partner with product teams to influence future Datadog product development.
In this session, livestreamed from Datadog Summit London 2025, Kris Kennaway, Staff SRE, and Angela Beteta, Engineering Manager of the Core Observability team, shared real-world experiences, uncovered common anti-patterns, and discussed practical strategies for managing observability in large-scale engineering environments.