This role pays more than
52%
of similar roles. Most pay
$175,875–$270,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$216k
versus about
$223k
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.
Manager I, Engineering - Core Analytics will lead a small, hands-on engineering team to build the secure and scalable Core Analytics Data Access Platform. This role involves managing and mentoring data engineers while actively contributing to design, coding, and shipping critical platform components. The primary responsibility is creating a unified interface that allows AI and analytics teams to discover and self-serve production-ready datasets while embedding necessary legal and compliance guardrails. You will partner with internal stakeholders to define data contracts, APIs, and observability for model training and analysis. The role requires expertise in building ETL/ELT pipelines, streaming, and batch workflows using a core stack including AWS, Spark, and Iceberg. This position solves the challenge of providing reliable datasets and infrastructure while ensuring data governance and security across complex production environments.