Director of Engineering, AI-Driven DEM Platforms

Impactribe Ltd; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Employee growth programs

Inclusion initiatives

Global benefits

Mental health support

Job summary

Datadog in Paris leads the Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) group, owning engineering for multiple product areas and guiding a team of 50-60 engineers through Engineering Managers. The role partners with senior directors to shape the roadmap and push AI adoption across tooling, workflows, and product features.

You will mentor Engineering Managers toward Director readiness, collaborate across DEM, APM, Core Platform, AI Platform, and Data Science, and help Datadog grow this established

Qualifications

• You have directly managed Engineering Managers, not individual contributors.
• You integrate AI deeply into leadership and engineering practice.
• You shape product decisions, not just execute a given spec.
• You have worked with large-scale, event-driven or data-intensive backends.
• You bring frontend-adjacent experience; DEM is SDK-heavy, browser- and mobile-facing.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering for DEM product areas with scope aligned to strengths.
• Manage 50-60 engineers through a layer of Engineering Managers.
• Shape the roadmap with product leadership rather than only executing it.
• Drive AI adoption across the engineering org—tools, workflows, and features.
• Navigate cross-team dependencies across DEM, APM, Core Platform, AI Platform, and Data Science.
• Build and retain engineering talent in Paris and mentor EMs toward Director readiness.

Skills

Engineering management

AI-first leadership

Full-stack experience

Cross-team collaboration

English communication

Job description

Datadog in Paris leads the Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) group, owning engineering for multiple product areas and guiding a team of 50-60 engineers through Engineering Managers. The role partners with senior directors to shape the roadmap and push AI adoption across tooling, workflows, and product features.

You will mentor Engineering Managers toward Director readiness, collaborate across DEM, APM, Core Platform, AI Platform, and Data Science, and help Datadog grow this established