Manager II, Engineering - Site Reliability Engineering | Datadog Careers

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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 II, Engineering - Site Reliability Engineering | Datadog Careers

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As an Engineering Manager II at Datadog’s Site Reliability Engineering team, you will lead a group focused on resilience validation, chaos engineering, and penetration testing. This role involves managing managers to foster their growth and build high-performing teams while shaping the strategic vision for reliability in a rapidly evolving landscape influenced by AI-driven development. You will collaborate across engineering, security, and product teams to drive organization-wide reliability outcomes, guiding roadmaps that balance immediate impact with long-term improvements. The ideal candidate has experience managing managers in dynamic environments, deep expertise in site reliability engineering, and the ability to define and communicate a clear vision for diverse stakeholders. Familiarity with large-scale distributed systems and security practices such as penetration testing is preferred.

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Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Python Go AWS PostgreSQL Terraform Prometheus Grafana Ansible GitLab Jenkins

What you'll do

  • Lead and mentor engineering managers to build strong, high-performing teams.
  • Advance the vision for reliability at Datadog by adapting practices for AI impact.
  • Define and execute roadmaps balancing immediate impact with long-term improvements.
  • Build cross-functional partnerships across engineering, security, and product teams.
  • Champion risk mitigation efforts leading to measurable reliability improvements.

What we're looking for

  • Experienced in managing managers within dynamic, fast-evolving environments.
  • Deep expertise in site reliability engineering with large-scale distributed systems.
  • Proven ability to define and communicate a clear vision for reliability initiatives.
  • Strong track record of building cross-functional partnerships across engineering teams.
  • Passionate about developing leadership at multiple levels within an organization.
  • Exposure to security practices such as penetration testing or adversarial validation (preferred).

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