Manager, Engineering - Source Code Integration

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, Engineering - Source Code Integration

As a Manager I, Engineering - Source Code Integration, you will lead a team of engineers with diverse experience levels to grow the platform services and infrastructure required to securely synchronize customer repositories. You will manage performance, career development, and technical roadmaps while balancing competing requests from product teams and stakeholders. The role requires a hands-on leader who can write code, troubleshoot issues, and provide direction in a fast-paced environment. You will build robust systems involving multiple services, data streams, and stores at scale. Required expertise includes backend technologies such as Go, Python, or Java, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and event-driven architecture or distributed systems. The work focuses on enabling features that link telemetry to source code for automated investigations, debugging with stack traces, and security scanning within the observability and security platform.

What you'll do

  • Manage the performance and career development of a team of engineers with diverse experience levels.
  • Lead technical and strategic discussions to identify challenges and opportunities for stakeholders.
  • Manage relationships with product teams to balance competing requests against long-term platform investments.
  • Track project progress through lightweight processes while ensuring high-quality delivery via demos and iterations.
  • Write code and troubleshoot issues to unblock the engineering team when necessary.
  • Resolve internal and external customer issues by implementing systematic improvements to the platform.
  • Develop and maintain robust backend systems using distributed architectures and large-scale data streams.

What we're looking for

  • Experience as a backend engineer building robust systems with multiple services, data streams, and stores at scale.
  • Significant experience with major backend technologies including Go, Python, or Java.
  • Proficiency with PostgreSQL, Kafka, event-driven architecture, and/or distributed systems.
  • Proven ability to manage platform services while balancing short-term impact with long-term sustainability.
  • Experience leading and mentoring a team of engineers across various experience levels.
  • Ability to lead technical and strategic discussions with product teams and stakeholders.
  • Proactive attitude toward AI and experience using agentic tools for development and analysis.
  • Willingness to perform hands-on tasks, including writing code and troubleshooting issues.

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