Manager I, Engineering - AI Developer Products

Datadog

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Work type: Hybrid
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Posted: 17 days ago
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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 · Manager I, Engineering - AI Developer Products

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Manager I, Engineering - AI Developer Products will lead a team of engineers focused on building AI-powered developer tools to improve the reliability and speed of coding agents. This role involves managing hiring, career development, and technical direction while partnering with product and design teams to translate ambiguous problems into shippable features. The manager will oversee the execution rhythm for services that help developers verify agent outputs against real systems. Candidates must possess deep technical expertise in full-stack development using TypeScript and React, along with experience in systems-level work. The role specifically addresses the challenge of ensuring AI-generated code is trustworthy before deployment. Ideal candidates have a proven track record of building developer-facing products where reliability and speed are critical requirements, and they possess a clear perspective on current limitations within the AI coding tool landscape.

What does a Engineering Manager earn?

Median $267050 from 138 postings across 39 companies.

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Skills

AI TypeScript React Full-stack Development Developer Tools Agent Orchestrators

What you'll do

Lead and grow a team of engineers by managing hiring, onboarding, and career development.
Define the technical direction for AI-powered developer tools in collaboration with staff engineers.
Improve developer cycle times while increasing the reliability and correctness of AI-assisted outputs.
Translate ambiguous problems into shippable product scope in partnership with Product and Design teams.
Establish team execution rhythms including planning, delivery, quality standards, and operational ownership.
Build tools that improve the experience of developers working with coding agents daily.

What we're looking for

Experience leading and growing a team of engineers including hiring, ramp-up, and career development.
Experience building developer-facing products or tooling where speed, reliability, and developer experience were requirements.
Proven ability to own technical direction and architecture decisions in partnership with staff-level engineers.
Ability to translate ambiguous problems into shippable scope while partnering with Product and Design teams.
Active experience shipping code with AI agents in production.
Strong technical depth in full-stack development, specifically TypeScript, React, and systems-level work.
Experience establishing execution rhythms for team planning, delivery, quality, and operational ownership.

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