Director, Engineering - Detection Platform

Datadog; New York (NY); On-site; USD 280,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Competitive global benefits

Free mental health benefits

Continuous professional development

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a Director for the Detection Platform to lead engineering teams focused on alerting infrastructure and AI-driven detection systems. This role involves defining technical strategies and ensuring innovative solutions to help customers address operational issues efficiently.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering leadership, extensive experience in managing large-scale platforms, and a knack for customer-centric product development. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from $280,000 to $350,000.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading engineering organizations that build large‑scale platforms.
• Deep technical expertise with strong product instincts.
• Experience managing engineering managers across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi‑team engineering organization responsible for alerting and detection.
• Define and execute the technical strategy for the Detection Platform.
• Drive innovation in AI‑powered detection and proactive issue resolution.

Skills

Leadership in engineering organizations

Technical expertise in observability

Machine learning and AI experience

Effective communication skills

Job description

The Detection Platform organization is responsible for helping customers identify, understand, and act on issues across their environments through alerting, event intelligence, and autonomous detection capabilities. As Director, Detection Platform, you will lead a group of engineering managers and teams responsible for foundational alerting infrastructure, event management, monitor creation experiences, and AI-powered detection systems. This role sits at the center of Datadog’s efforts to evolve how customers detect, investigate, and respond to operational issues at massive scale. You will partner closely with Product Management, Applied Science, Design, and Engineering leaders to shape the future of detection and observability experiences for Datadog customers while leading a growing organization of engineers.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a multi‑team engineering organization responsible for alerting, event management, monitor creation experiences, and autonomous detection capabilities.
• Define and execute the technical and organizational strategy for the Detection Platform while aligning stakeholders across Engineering, Product, Design, and Applied Science.
• Drive innovation in AI‑powered detection, anomaly identification, and signal generation that helps customers proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Scale highly available platform systems that process hundreds of millions of evaluations while maintaining reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Develop and mentor engineering managers and technical leaders, fostering a culture of execution, collaboration, and technical rigor.
• Champion customer‑centric product thinking by balancing platform investments with intuitive user experiences and measurable customer outcomes.

Who You Are

• Significant experience leading engineering organizations that build large‑scale platforms, infrastructure, observability, monitoring, or developer‑facing products.
• Deep technical expertise combined with strong product instincts, capable of making architectural decisions while understanding customer needs and business impact.
• Experience leading leaders and managing engineering managers across multiple teams and domains.
• Track record of defining long‑term technical vision, building organizational alignment, and delivering complex initiatives through execution.
• Experience working with machine learning, AI‑enabled products, intelligent automation, or large‑scale detection systems, either directly or in partnership with specialized teams.
• Effective communication skills that inspire teams, influence senior stakeholders, and navigate ambiguity while driving measurable outcomes.

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

Salary: $280,000—$350,000 USD

Equal Opportunity

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.