Director, Engineering - Digital Experience Monitoring

Datadog

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Paris, France
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Datadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.

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TL;DR · Director, Engineering - Digital Experience Monitoring

Director, Engineering - Digital Experience Monitoring joins the Digital Experience Monitoring group to oversee product areas including Real User Monitoring, Product Analytics, Synthetic Monitoring, Feature Flags, and Datadog Studio. In this manager-of-managers role, you will lead 50-60 engineers through a layer of Engineering Managers while shaping the product roadmap alongside leadership. You will drive AI adoption across engineering tooling, workflows, and features while navigating cross-team dependencies with APM, Core Platform, AI Platform, and Data Science teams. The ideal candidate possesses experience with large-scale, event-driven or data-intensive backend systems such as ingestion pipelines, high-throughput APIs, and time-series data. Because the product group is SDK-heavy and faces browser and mobile environments, you must possess full-stack or frontend-adjacent experience. You will be responsible for building talent, mentoring managers, and integrating AI-first thinking into core engineering practices.

What does a Engineering Director earn?

Median $307000 from 31 postings across 22 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own engineering for one or more Digital Experience Monitoring product areas.
  • Manage a large organization of 50-60 engineers through a layer of Engineering Managers.
  • Collaborate with product leadership to shape, iterate on, and author the product roadmap.
  • Drive AI adoption across engineering tooling, internal workflows, and product features.
  • Navigate complex cross-team dependencies across various internal platforms and data science teams.
  • Recruit, mentor, and retain engineering talent within the Paris office.
  • Mentor Engineering Managers to prepare them for Director-level roles.
  • Participate in the on-call rotation for your assigned product area.

What we're looking for

  • Experience managing Engineering Managers is a non-negotiable requirement for this role.
  • Ability to manage a large organization of 50-60 engineers through a layer of managers.
  • Proven track record of shaping product decisions and strategy rather than just executing against specifications.
  • Experience working with large-scale, event-driven, or data-intensive backend systems like ingestion pipelines and high-throughput APIs.
  • Full-stack or frontend-adjacent experience for SDK-heavy, browser-, and mobile-facing products.
  • Ability to integrate AI deeply into engineering leadership, workflows, and product features.
  • Proficiency in English to operate within a cross-Atlantic organization.
  • Must be based in Paris or willing to relocate to Paris.

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