Manager I, Engineering

The Internal Service Platform team is an internal developer platform that provides easily accessible golden paths for building, developing, and deploying services within Datadog. We offer a standardized set of tools and frameworks that abstract underlying complexities, enabling Datadog engineers to focus on releasing products quickly and reliably. As the manager of the Workloads & Integrations team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the various workloads available on the platform, including HTTP, GRPC, task runners, and queues. You will also partner with other internal platform teams to identify opportunities to onboard additional workloads and platform integrations like datastores, further expanding our golden paths. This strategic approach allows Datadog to leverage economies of scale by encapsulating more functionality within the platform's interfaces, ultimately streamlining product development and fostering company growth as we enter new markets. Your role will involve identifying common workflows and integrations suitable for platform abstraction, advocating for their inclusion, and empowering your team to build and drive their adoption. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do: Guide and mentor a diverse team of 4-6 software engineers, fostering career growth and ensuring high team performance. Drive the technical roadmap in collaboration with product and platform teams, aligning with company objectives and improving developer velocity. Familiarize yourself with other internal platform teams to identify areas of shared benefit and drive execution of the delivery of a variety of features and functionality that abstracts away common workloads which enable Datadog engineers to bring new products to market quickly, ultimately being an enabler for revenue generation. Understand the broader business context to align technical decisions with business goals, supporting long-term objectives and driving innovation. Make data-driven, user-focused decisions to solve ambiguous problems, impacting the velocity of hundreds of engineers. Who You Are: A seasoned software engineer with experience building developer tools and customer-facing products, with experience designing and building a variety of backend and distributed systems A technical people manager who has a bias towards action, user-centric iterative delivery, and understanding technical debt to focus on what matters most A proven leader with the ability to manage team dynamics, set goals, provide feedback, and foster a positive and productive work environment A capable project manager who can plan, organize, and oversee multiple software engineering projects An excellent communicator who is comfortable interacting with team members, stakeholders, and upper management alike You balance developer experience and partner team needs, prioritizing platform consistency, speed, and simplicity, ensuring sound technical solutions without overengineering despite increasing complexity. Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you're passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth: 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 (Datadog employee resource groups) Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ Competitive global benefits Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. About Datadog:Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. 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