Engineering Manager

Position:
Manager II, Engineering - Observability Pipelines

Company:
Datadog

Compensation:
The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $252,000—$315,000 USD

Location:
USA, New York

Employment type:
Not specified

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid workplace

Short Summary:
We're looking for an Engineering Manager II to own and grow the Observability Pipelines engineering org at a pivotal moment in the product's lifecycle. This is a build-and-scale opportunity, where you'll grow the management and technical leadership layers, co-own the roadmap with Product, and define how this org operates as it continues to expand.

Responsibilities:
- Directly manage the OP org including EM1s across NYC and Paris, set technical direction, and be the connective tissue across a distributed team
- Build out the management and technical leadership layers as the org continues to grow - today ~20 ICs
- Partner directly with Product to co-own the roadmap and strategy
- Set and evolve the operating rhythm across the group: planning cadence, on-call and incident standards, and cross-team alignment
- Own key cross-org relationships with the SaaS Logs Pipelines team, the BYOC team, and the Vector open-source community
- Coach managers and senior engineers, and build the succession and growth plans

Requirement:
- Experienced managing managers across distributed teams
- Background in distributed systems and high-throughput data infrastructure
- Familiar with on-premises or customer-installed software
- A strategic partner to Product
- Commercially aware: understand the competitive landscape
- Experience with high-performance or Rust-based data pipeline systems is a strong plus

Benefits:
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds
- Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
- Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits