Engineering Manager - Observability Pipelines

Datadog, Inc.; Paris (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs stock equity

ESPP

Career growth

Mentor program

Inclusion culture

Job summary

Datadog is seeking an Engineering Manager to own people management and engineering execution for one of OP's core missions. You will partner with Product to shape the roadmap and work with EMs and senior ICs to influence technical direction in a fast-growing product area.

The role blends leadership with hands-on technical collaboration, emphasizing reliability, scalability, and a product-minded approach to strategy.

Qualifications

• Experienced managing engineers directly, owning a team’s operating rhythm end-to-end.
• Technical background in distributed systems and data infrastructure.
• Experience with on-premises or customer-installed software concepts.
• A product-minded partner who collaborates with Product on strategy.
• Experience with high-performance Rust-based data pipeline systems.

Responsibilities

• Own people management and engineering execution.
• Establish a strong operating rhythm for the team.
• Drive high standards for on-call rotations and incident response.
• Partner with Product on the roadmap, balancing priorities with reality.
• Lead, coach, and grow the careers of engineers on your team.

Skills

People management

Distributed systems

On-premises software

Product collaboration

Rust-based data pipelines

Tools

Rust

Job description

Datadog is seeking an Engineering Manager to own people management and engineering execution for one of OP's core missions. You will partner with Product to shape the roadmap and work with EMs and senior ICs to influence technical direction in a fast-growing product area.

The role blends leadership with hands-on technical collaboration, emphasizing reliability, scalability, and a product-minded approach to strategy.