Engineering Manager I, Threat Detection

Datadog

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$192,000–$240,000 / yr
Posted
101 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $201k
This role $216k
$141k most similar roles pay here $251k

This role pays more than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$239,400 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $201k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Datadog

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.

Datadog currently has 266 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $161,000–$205,000 across 138 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager I, Threat Detection

As Engineering Manager I, Threat Detection, you will lead a high-performing team within the Threat Detection organization to advance the company's detection program. You will manage a team of security and software engineers responsible for building and executing an AI-accelerated detection and response strategy. Your daily responsibilities include overseeing the development of detection-authoring agents, the core detection platform, coverage analysis, alert triage, and evaluation infrastructure. You will also define program metrics such as signal quality and model fidelity while collaborating with internal teams like Cyber Threat Intelligence and AI Engineering. The role requires expertise in Python, security operations, and the detection engineering lifecycle to solve challenges involving cloud-native infrastructure scale. You will build systems that automate security workflows and translate threat intelligence into engineered solutions to improve coverage and response capabilities across the organization.

What does a Engineering Manager earn?

Median $267050 from 138 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution of AI-accelerated detection and response systems.
  • Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of security and software engineers.
  • Develop high-fidelity detections to improve coverage and signal quality across the organization.
  • Build infrastructure for detection-authoring agents, platform engineering, and alert triage automation.
  • Define and track program metrics including detection coverage, signal quality, and model fidelity.
  • Evangelize the team's mission and technical progress to security leadership and partner teams.
  • Collaborate with AI Engineering teams to build shared infrastructure and security-specific tooling.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response roles including building tools and performing investigations.
  • Strong understanding of modern threat actor techniques and the detection engineering lifecycle.
  • Technical proficiency to review detection logic, Python code, and the architecture of security systems.
  • Proven experience building automation systems for security workflows such as detection platforms, triage, and response automation.
  • Experience working at a SaaS or cloud infrastructure company dealing with large-scale complexity.
  • Experienced people leader focused on mentorship, team growth, and inclusion.
  • Ability to operate with both rigor and pragmatism regarding production quality and system evaluation.
  • Export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any.

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