Manager I, Engineering

Datadog

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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

As an Engineering Manager on the Husky team at Datadog, you will lead a group of software engineers responsible for maintaining and scaling the company’s petabyte-scale event store. Your day-to-day responsibilities include managing career development, reviewing technical decisions, and ensuring high-quality code while partnering with product teams to prioritize new capabilities. You will also share on-call duties and foster an environment of operational excellence. Ideal candidates have a background in distributed systems, hands-on experience with Java or Go, and a proven track record of delivering high-quality software products as well as leading engineering teams. This role requires expertise in managing large-scale databases, addressing scalability challenges, and driving technical innovation within the context of Datadog’s growing suite of monitoring tools.

What you'll do

  • Manage a team of software engineers focusing on career development, inclusivity, and high impact.
  • Review architecture decisions, RFCs, and pull requests to ensure the team ships high-quality products.
  • Partner with product teams to evaluate use cases, implement smoothly, and prioritize new platform capabilities.
  • Scale Husky from petabyte-scale to exabyte-scale, meeting growing customer base demands.
  • Share on-call responsibilities and drive a culture of operational excellence within the team.

What we're looking for

  • Manage a team of software engineers across various levels, focusing on career development and inclusivity.
  • Lead technical decisions for the Husky project, reviewing architecture and ensuring high-quality code delivery.
  • Partner with product teams to evaluate use cases and prioritize platform capabilities for scalability.
  • Have hands-on experience in Java or Go and a background in distributed systems.
  • Experienced in on-call responsibilities, incident responses, post-mortem analysis, and remediation efforts.
  • Possess strong leadership skills with proven experience in performance management and interpersonal communication.

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