Manager II, Engineering - Datadog Agent SDLC

Datadog, Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 244,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High income opportunities

RSU equity

ESPP

Professional development

MEDDIC training

Mentor program

Inclusive culture

Global benefits

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a Manager II, Engineering for Datadog Agent SDLC to lead developer experience, build systems, and security across a multi-language codebase. You will shape the agent's lifecycle as AI tooling evolves and guide patterns for open-source projects.

You will mentor engineering managers and staff engineers across geographies, drive velocity, reliability, and security, and help scale an impactful, collaborative engineering culture at Datadog.

Qualifications

• Experience owning software development lifecycle systems
• Experience with AI coding tools and flows
• Familiar with multi-language development environments and CI/CD
• Leadership across multiple teams; scaling engineering org
• Experience building and securing software supply chains

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering teams responsible for the Agent developer experience, build systems, correctness, and performance benchmarking platforms
• Own software supply-chain security for a public repository that ships into customer infrastructure - provenance, signing, dependency and contribution review
• Evolve the Agent software development lifecycle to support hundreds of contributors while improving developer velocity, reliability, and security
• Drive AI coding enablement across the Agent ecosystem, adapting development workflows and infrastructure
• Guide the evolution of build infrastructure for a complex, multi-language, multi-platform codebase
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineering managers and staff engineers across multiple geographies

Skills

Software lifecycle ownership

AI coding tools familiarity

CI/CD experience

Multi-language build systems

Leadership of multiple teams

Tools

Bazel

Job description

The Datadog Agent is our flagship open‑source project and a critical part of how customers experience Datadog, with hundreds of engineers contributing annually across multiple languages and platforms. As Manager II, Engineering for Datadog Agent SDLC, you will lead the systems, tooling, and developer experience that enable engineers to build, test, secure, and ship software that runs in customer environments. You will guide the evolution of our software development lifecycle as AI coding tools reshape how software is developed, while strengthening our approach to software supply‑chain security, build infrastructure, correctness, and performance. This is an opportunity to shape engineering practices for the Agent and establish patterns that can influence other open‑source projects across Datadog.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work‑life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the engineering teams responsible for the Agent developer experience, build systems, correctness, and performance benchmarking platforms
• Own software supply‑chain security for a public repository that ships into customer infrastructure - provenance, signing, dependency and contribution review, and the new risks coding agents introduce
• Evolve the Agent software development lifecycle to support hundreds of contributors while improving developer velocity, reliability, and security
• Drive AI coding enablement across the Agent ecosystem, adapting development workflows and infrastructure as engineers increasingly work alongside coding agents
• Guide the evolution of build infrastructure for a complex, multi‑language, multi‑platform codebase, including the continued adoption and development of modern build systems
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineering managers and staff engineers across multiple geographies

Who You Are:

• An engineering leader with experience owning software development lifecycle systems and developer infrastructure
• First‑hand experience with AI coding tools and flows, excited by the opportunities and mindful of challenges created by AI‑assisted software development
• Curious about the art of proving software correct: deterministic simulation testing, fault injection, property‑based testing, continuous performance benchmarking
• Familiar with complex multi‑language development environments, CI/CD, remote build execution and caching; experience with Bazel or similar build systems is a plus
• Experienced leading multiple teams through technical and organizational change while balancing roadmap velocity, reliability, security, and long‑term platform investments
• A proven track record scaling exceptional engineering teams: hiring, coaching, performance management, and building appropriate team structures globally

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That’s okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

• High income earning opportunities based on self performance
• New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
• Intra‑departmental mentor and buddy program for in‑house networking
• An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds
• Generous global benefits

#LI-Hybrid

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.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:

$244,000 — $305,000 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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