Manager I, Engineering - APM Backend

APM Data Hub is at the core of APM, one of the product pillars of Datadog. Our team is responsible for the backend pipeline that processes, transforms, and routes tracing data at scale after ingestion. Our mission is to extend the pipeline's capabilities so that multiple products across Datadog can leverage the rich data present in traces — serving not only APM Distributed Tracing but a growing number of product teams that depend on this data.

As an Engineering Manager for APM Data Hub, you'll lead a distributed team of 6 engineers with diverse seniority, shaping the technical vision of a platform that sits at a critical intersection of Datadog's product ecosystem. You'll own the roadmap for how tracing data is processed and exposed to multiple consumers, maintain high engineering standards for a system operating reliably at scale, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration with the product teams building on top of your  pipeline. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to solving complex engineering challenges with a transversal impact on multiple products.

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:

• Manage a team of 6 engineers responsible for a pipeline powering critical features of Datadog platform
• Provide technical leadership by identifying, addressing, and removing roadblocks to maintain team velocity and code quality.
• Collaborate closely with the Product teams to enhance our APM experience and with Platform teams to support our evolutions
• Lead strategic, multi-quarter initiatives, navigating ambiguity to establish clear goals and execution paths.
• Foster professional growth and career advancement for team members, including performance reviews and promotions.
• Participate and lead by example in the team's 24/7 on-call rotation to maintain service reliability.
  
  

Who You Are:

• Proven experience (1+ years) leading a team of 4+ engineers with an emphasis on customer-driven improvements.
• Skilled collaborator, able to effectively coordinate efforts across multiple teams and functions.
• Demonstrated technical judgment and ability to guide technical decisions across back-end distributed systems
• Passionate about mentoring and growing engineers, actively developing the next generation of technical leaders.

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

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