Manager, Premier Support Engineering

Datadog

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$108,000–$144,000 / yr
Posted
39 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $219k
This role $126k
$89k most similar roles pay here $286k

This role pays less than 94% of similar roles. Most pay $170,000–$267,050 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $126k versus about $219k 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.

Listed pay typically runs $161,000–$205,000 across 138 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Manager, Premier Support Engineering

Manager I, Premier Support Engineering joins the Technical Solutions team to serve as an in-house product expert. In this role, you will manage, coach, and mentor a team of Premier Support Engineers who troubleshoot issues and navigate over 600 integrations. You will be responsible for team accountability, performance reviews, and onboarding new hires while driving initiatives to improve internal processes and documentation. The daily work involves resolving high-priority escalations and providing technical guidance to your reports. To succeed, you must possess leadership experience, a client-centric mindset, and critical thinking skills. Technical requirements include some programming experience, basic knowledge of Linux, and an active involvement in the engineering community or open-source projects. This role focuses on ensuring customer success by providing multi-channel support and technical expertise for the company's observability and security platform.

What you'll do

  • Manage, develop, coach, and mentor a team of Premier Support Engineers.
  • Oversee team performance, including conducting reviews and managing employee relations.
  • Facilitate the training and onboarding of new hires.
  • Guide the team through technical training, certifications, and professional development.
  • Create documentation and knowledge base articles for various technologies.
  • Lead projects to improve team productivity, processes, and procedures.
  • Resolve high-priority escalations by collaborating with internal teams and customers.

What we're looking for

  • Experience leading, coaching, and mentoring a team of support engineers.
  • Passion for people management and mentorship.
  • Programming experience and basic knowledge of Linux.
  • Active contribution to open-source projects or the engineering community.
  • Ability to manage performance reviews, employee relations, and training programs.
  • Strong critical thinking skills with a client-centric approach.
  • Ability to build documentation and knowledge base articles for various technologies.
  • Ability to drive projects to improve team productivity, processes, and procedures.

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