Raymond Farrelly
Director, Premier Support Engineering at Datadog
Leinster, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolRaymond Farrelly is a cloud observability leader with nine years of engineering and people-management experience, now directing Premier Support Engineering for Datadog across the EMEA region. He has progressed through hands-on solutions engineering into multi-level management roles, blending technical troubleshooting, enterprise customer engagement, and team-building at scale. Raymond’s background includes practical software work—from COBOL and Java changes to SQL-driven diagnostics and PowerShell automation—giving him empathy for frontline operational challenges. He pairs academic roots in computer science with experience teaching practical CS modules, which informs his coaching-first leadership style. Known for translating complex monitoring needs into clear support strategies, he focuses on proactive observability and resilient customer outcomes. Colleagues describe him as a solutions-oriented leader who still enjoys rolling up his sleeves to resolve the toughest production issues.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Royal School CavanBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science and Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science and Software Engineering at Maynooth University
English, Irish
Github Skills (14)
datadog10
hugo10
sql10
java10
documentation10
integrations9
python9
scala9
big-data9
agent8
dd8
monitoring8
apache-flink8
apache8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
RaymondFarrelly/IrishRail
May 2019 - Jan 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
RaymondFarrelly/raymondfarrelly.github.io
Jan 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 4 months
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