Engineering Manager, SDKs & APM — Lead Open-Source Platform

Datadog, Inc.; Lisbon (IA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock RSUs

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Career growth programs

Mentor and buddy program

Inclusive culture

AI/Data security focus

Job summary

Datadog, Inc. is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of library engineers focused on SDK evolution for APM across our 9 languages. You will guide architecture, tooling, and product collaboration while fostering a culture of learning and customer focus.

The role blends technical excellence with people leadership, enabling teams to deliver high-quality software and scalable instrumentation in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading software engineering teams delivering high-quality software.
• Experience shipping SDKs or observability tooling is a plus.
• Strong architectural and systems design capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and develop a team of library engineers (~4–8) and empower senior ICs as technical leaders.
• Own team delivery: planning, milestones, reviews, and cross-team alignment.
• Collaborate with Product to define platform capabilities and open-source instrumentation.
• Stay closely hands-on, set quality standards, and maintain strong architecture across languages.

Skills

Go

Leadership

C

Rust

Mentoring

Job description

Datadog, Inc. is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of library engineers focused on SDK evolution for APM across our 9 languages. You will guide architecture, tooling, and product collaboration while fostering a culture of learning and customer focus.

The role blends technical excellence with people leadership, enabling teams to deliver high-quality software and scalable instrumentation in a hybrid work environment.