Alathea Thompson Baker

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Sourcer

   Datadog

   Jul 2022 — Present

   Across this time, I’ve operated as a full-cycle sourcer, owning everything from strategic sourcing and candidate prep through offer, and running full-cycle recruiting when needed. I’ve hired profiles ranging from Engineering Managers to multiple Staff-level engineers, with IC engineering hiring as my primary focus. I’ve partnered on nearly every core engineering profile at Datadog across Infrastructure, Backend, Distributed Systems, Frontend, and now AI.Now: Guiding AI Engineering Sourcing at Datadog– Partnering closely with leadership to scale one of our most strategic and fast-growing areas2024–2025: Focused heavily on Distributed Systems hiring– Drove strong hiring outcomes across the US and EMEA– Helped scale Distributed Systems teams, including key hires in Paris– Supported high-volume growth across Backend and Infrastructure2024: Expanded scope across Distributed Systems, Backend, and Infrastructure– Took on highly specialized and niche technical roles (including kernel-level talent)– Adapted to increased hiring velocity as team scopes broadened2023: Led Infrastructure sourcing in the US after supporting EMEA– Acted as lead for SWESD profile (Infrastructure Recruiting)– Our team successfully filled 100% of open roles– Strengthened partnership models with Recruiting and Engineering stakeholders2022–2023: Primary sourcing partner for Infrastructure – Helped stand up a brand-new sourcing organization– Partnered directly with org leadership to establish workflows and reporting– Led stakeholder strategy conversations across Sourcing

Education

• Tennessee Tech University - College of Business

  Bachelor of Science, Finance, Economics

  2002 — 2006