Manager I, Engineering - Experiments

Datadog; New York (NY); On-site; USD 192,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock equity (RSUs)

Mentor program

Community Guilds

Spring Health benefits

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Datadog is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Experimentation App team and own one to two squads. You’ll mentor engineers, drive delivery from planning to production, and set technical direction alongside statisticians.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, and customers to translate requirements into a prioritized roadmap and foster high engineering standards. The role emphasizes hiring, career development, and sustaining momentum as the team scales within a fast-paced org that

Qualifications

• 2–3 years experience as a people manager or technical leader with mentorship focus.
• 5+ years experience building and shipping software with architecture involvement.
• Experience shipping in a fast-paced environment with customer input guiding decisions.
• Strong collaboration with Product, Design, and customers to shape roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of full-stack and frontend engineers.
• Own delivery of the Experimentation App from planning through production.
• Set technical direction with your team and statisticians on architecture and tradeoffs.
• Partner with Product, Design, and customers to turn requirements into roadmap.
• Foster fast iteration and high engineering standards via code/design reviews.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top talent as the team scales.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentorship

Architecture discussion

Job description

We are the Experimentation team at Datadog, a startup operating inside one of the fastest-growing companies in software. The team brings together engineers who joined through Datadog’s May 2025 acquisition of Eppo with engineers from across Datadog, and together we are building feature flagging and experimentation into the platform. Both products were recently launched this year, and we are just getting started: we are migrating customers from Eppo onto Datadog while shipping an ambitious roadmap across both flagging and experimentation.

Our statistics engineers hold PhDs and are pushing the boundaries of what an experimentation platform can do. Our full-stack engineers move fast, lean on the latest AI tooling, and prototype and ship new features weekly. We talk to customers directly to shape requirements, and our roadmap is driven by our own product vision and sharpened by real customer and sales input.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the team building the Experimentation App. You will own one to two squads to start, partnering closely with our engineers, statisticians, product managers, and designers to turn a deep roadmap into a shipped product.

To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of strong full-stack and frontend engineers. Help them grow to the next level and continuously provide them opportunities to develop.
• Own delivery for the Experimentation App from planning through production, balancing speed with quality in a fast-paced environment.
• Set technical direction in partnership with your team and our statistics engineers, engaging credibly on architecture and tradeoffs.
• Partner with Product, Design, and customers directly to shape requirements and turn customer and sales input into roadmap.
• Foster a culture of fast iteration and high engineering standards through code reviews, design reviews, and blameless postmortems.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top-tier talent as the team scales.

Who You Are:

• 2-3 years experience as a people manager, or as a technical leader with strong mentorship skills. Ideally you have experience in career development, performance management, tracking and optimizing team velocity, and hiring.
• 5+ years experience building and shipping software, with a strong technical background that lets you engage credibly on architecture and tradeoffs even if you are no longer writing most of the code.
• Experience shipping products in a fast-paced environment, comfortable balancing speed with quality and making decisions with customer input as a primary signal.
• You are energized by ambiguity and a large roadmap, and you can help your team prioritize and sequence work to deliver consistently.
• Strong stakeholder management skills. You use empathy, collaboration, and clear communication to work with engineers and non-technical partners alike.

Benefits and Growth:

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits and giving programs

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

Estimated yearly salary: $192,000 – $240,000 USD

About Datadog:

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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