Manager I, Engineering - APM Serverless

Datadog

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Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$192,000–$240,000 / yr
Posted
58 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $216k
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This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $182,500–$270,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $226k for comparable roles.

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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.

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TL;DR · Manager I, Engineering - APM Serverless

Manager I, Engineering - APM Serverless will lead a polyglot team of eight to nine engineers to deliver the end-to-end serverless application performance monitoring experience. The role involves defining and delivering auto-instrumentation, troubleshooting capabilities, and expanding coverage for cloud-managed services across major providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will partner with product teams to shape strategies for distributed tracing and ensure a frictionless journey for OpenTelemetry and Datadog-native customers. The work focuses on solving complex problems involving Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP, OTel billing, Rust, and durable functions. To succeed, you must be proficient in at least two languages, comfortable building cross-runtime systems, and skilled in managing stakeholders while balancing high-level product narratives with technical implementation details to improve how developers instrument and monitor their serverless workloads across various cloud environments.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Remote?

Median $235250 from 43 postings across 20 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead a polyglot team of 8-9 engineers to deliver serverless capabilities across multiple programming languages.
  • Deliver end-to-end serverless APM experiences including auto-instrumentation and troubleshooting for OpenTelemetry and Datadog customers.
  • Expand coverage of cloud-managed services across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms.
  • Partner with product managers to shape the strategy and execution for multi-cloud distributed tracing.
  • Manage technical projects involving Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Platform, and Rust.
  • Ensure high-quality developer experience through well-designed APIs and reliable system architectures.
  • Translate high-level product narratives into detailed technical implementation plans.

What we're looking for

  • Proven track record as an Engineering Manager who has successfully shipped products.
  • Experience leading a polyglot team of engineers to deliver scalable and intuitive instrumentation.
  • Proficiency in at least two different programming languages.
  • Experience building cross-runtime systems and high-quality libraries or open-source software.
  • Ability to manage stakeholders and partner with product teams to shape technical strategy.
  • Ability to communicate between high-level product narratives and highly technical implementation details.
  • Knowledge of serverless technologies, including Lambda, Azure Functions, and GCP.
  • Familiarity with distributed tracing and OpenTelemetry (OTel) standards.

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