Documentation Manager - Lead Technical Writers (Remote)

Datadog; New York (NY); On-site; USD 131,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock equity

ESPP

Mentor program

Inclusion talks

Mental health benefits

Global benefits

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a Documentation Manager to lead one of our growing documentation teams and deliver high-quality technical docs for Datadog Docs. This role is remote in North America and partners with Product/Engineering to document APIs, SDKs, and developer tools.

You will manage a small team of writers with 5–10 years of experience in technical docs, and you will work with SMEs to research complex topics across databases, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and security monitoring.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years experience researching and developing documentation for technical topics.
• 2–5 years experience managing a small team of technical writers.
• Publicly available technical writing samples.
• Comfort reading at least two programming languages (Ruby, Python, Go, bash).
• Written or managed documentation as code; familiar with CI/CD and modern infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Manage 3-5 technical writer direct reports, overseeing day-to-day work and content project plans, supporting growth and engagement.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to maintain public documentation for users, developers, and SREs.
• Research technical details for documentation by interviewing SMEs and reviewing product behavior.
• Collaborate with the Documentation team to develop and improve standards and processes.

Skills

Technical writing

Team leadership

Programming languages

Documentation as code

APIs & SDK docs

Tools

Git/GitHub

CI/CD tooling

IaaS Cloud

Containers

Job description

Datadog is seeking a Documentation Manager to lead one of our growing documentation teams and deliver high-quality technical docs for Datadog Docs. This role is remote in North America and partners with Product/Engineering to document APIs, SDKs, and developer tools.

You will manage a small team of writers with 5–10 years of experience in technical docs, and you will work with SMEs to research complex topics across databases, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and security monitoring.