Junaid Ahmed

Junaid Ahmed is the Vice President of Engineering at Datadog, a position he has held since 2022. Here are some key details about his professional background:

Current Role at Datadog

As Vice President of Engineering, Junaid leads the development of applications and developer experience pillars at Datadog. His responsibilities include:

• Overseeing a suite of services categorized as Application Performance Monitoring
• Managing services like Distributed Tracing, Profiling, Metrics, Watchdogs, Database & Data-stream Monitoring
• Building tools to enhance developer productivity, such as CI Visibility, Error Tracking, and Intelligent Test Runner

Previous Experience

Before joining Datadog, Junaid had notable roles at major tech companies:

• Director of Engineering at Apple (December 2020 - 2022)

  • Led initiatives in privacy-preserving ML, search, and advertising

• General Manager / Partner Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft (October 2005 - December 2020)

  • Co-designed and led Microsoft's web data, relevance, and knowledge stack infrastructure
  • Worked on systems powering Bing, Azure services, and Office products
  • Developed compute and storage platforms handling Exabytes of data

Education and Skills

While specific education details are not provided, Junaid's profile mentions the University of Washington. He is proficient in:

• English (full professional proficiency)
• Urdu (full professional proficiency)

Junaid Ahmed has over 4,000 followers on LinkedIn, indicating his significant presence in the tech industry. His extensive experience at major tech companies like Microsoft and Apple, combined with his current leadership role at Datadog, suggests he is a highly skilled and respected professional in the field of engineering and software development.1