Manager I, Engineering - Onboarding Growth

Datadog; New York (NY); On-site; USD 187,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Continuous professional development

Inclusive company culture

Free mental health benefits

Job summary

Datadog is seeking an Engineering Manager I for their Onboarding Growth team in New York. This role involves leading the team to improve onboarding processes for new users while collaborating with product management and design teams. Candidates should have at least 2 years of people management experience and a passion for data-driven decision-making.

The compensation range for this position is between $187,000 and $240,000 USD, along with equity options and a variety of benefits.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of people management experience in a software engineering or similar setting.
• Experience managing full stack development teams.
• Excellent communication skills, including delivering clear, actionable, and empathetic feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Onboarding team within the Shared Capabilities organization.
• Work with Product Management and Design to plan and staff projects.
• Coach and develop engineers at various levels.
• Build UX features to streamline the onboarding and trial experience.

Skills

People management

Full stack development

Communication skills

Product-oriented mindset

Data-driven experimentation

Job description

Manager I, Engineering - Onboarding Growth

This Engineering Manager will lead the Onboarding team within the Shared Capabilities organization, setting product direction, and coaching and developing team members. They will staff and drive projects that drive new users to adopt Datadog in their organizations. From the first time a new user signs up for a Datadog trial, this team is responsible for making sure they have a world class setup and onboarding experience, and can realize the full value of Datadog in their organization. Onboarding owns the “front door” of Datadog, the very first experience new users and prospective customers encounter. This work is extremely important to company success – improving our onboarding process directly impacts new users ability to find value with Datadog quickly. This role also involves close partnerships with other product teams to deeply understand customer needs and deliver compelling first‑time user experiences.

What You’ll Do:

• Work with Product Management and Design to plan and staff projects for the Onboarding Growth team
• Coach and develop engineers at various levels
• Ensure strong cross‑team communication and design best practices around project management, code review, architecture patterns, and more
• Build UX features to streamline the onboarding and trial experience through rapid experimentation
• Build out data platforms and use that data to personalise the onboarding experience for each user
• Work directly with product teams to ensure each product has a best‑in‑class new user experience
• Create AI‑assisted setup options to make sure initial setup “just works” out of the box
• Champion the use of analytics data to analyse user behaviour and apply those insights to product UX

Who You Are:

• At least 2 years of people management experience in a software engineering or similar setting
• Experience managing full stack development teams
• Excellent communication skills, including at delivering clear, actionable, and empathetic feedback
• Product‑oriented: you put solving customer problems first and know how to ship features quickly and iterate on them
• Passionate about experimentation and using data to drive decisions
• Demonstrated sense of ownership over your team's work

Benefits and Growth:

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Interdepartmental 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

Compensation: The reasonable yearly salary for this role is $187,000 — $240,000 USD.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

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.