Manager II, Engineering - Logs

Datadog; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 234,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Continuous professional development

Inclusive company culture

Global mental health benefits

Job summary

Datadog is hiring an Engineering Manager II in New York to lead a key segment of the Logs business, guiding a ~30-person engineering org through a period of significant product evolution. The role requires a strategic, results-driven leader who excels at complex problem-solving and developing junior leaders.

Operating in a hybrid workplace, Datadog values collaboration and inclusivity within teams. The position comes with competitive compensation and a range of benefits including stock options, mental health support, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading engineering teams and developing leadership talent.
• Strong business mindset to align engineering solutions with market needs.
• Comfort with ambiguity and complexity in a large organizational structure.

Responsibilities

• Own the success of the Logs business and technical roadmap.
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams.
• Build and manage a high-performing engineering organization.

Skills

Results-driven

Business acumen

Technical curiosity

Leadership development

Problem-solving

Job description

As an Engineering Manager II at Datadog, you will own a significant portion of the Logs business—one of Datadog’s largest and most strategic products, with major growth opportunities still ahead. Sitting at the table where strategy is defined, you will drive execution across a ~30‑person engineering org at an exciting moment of product evolution where AI requires us to fundamentally rethink how we handle observability data to remain market leaders. This is a high‑scope role for someone energized by hard problems, eager to grow at the intersection of business strategy and engineering excellence, and driven to build a product that radically transforms how engineering teams around the world operate and resolve incidents.

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

What You’ll Do:

• Own the success of the Logs business for your scope—co‑define the Logs technical roadmap and product vision with Product, Design, and peer leadership.
• Act as a key collaborator across Datadog, building strong partnerships with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure a highly reliable, scalable and performant product.
• Invest in the next generation of engineering leaders—growing your managers, expanding their impact, and building a high‑performing engineering organization where people continuously develop and thrive.
• Foster a culture of ambition and resilience—where people lean into hard problems, iterate rapidly, and hold themselves to a high collective standard.
• Build an inclusive environment focused on fostering top‑tier talent, ensuring that diverse perspectives are leveraged to build the best possible solution.
• Manage the complexity of a large organization—anticipating risks, resolving friction, and keeping teams focused on what matters to our customers.

Who You Are:

• Results‑driven and decisive—you work hard to cut through ambiguity and consistently create the conditions for the people around you to do their best work.
• A business owner at heart—you think in markets, customers, and revenue, and you bring Product, Design, and Engineering together around a shared vision.
• Energized by hard problems and driven to keep growing—you seek out challenges, learn from them, and bring others along with your curiosity and forward‑thinking approach.
• Passionate about developing people—you’ve grown leaders before, and you’re known for creating opportunities for others to step up and expand their impact.
• Technically curious and continuously learning—you have the engineering foundation to earn trust, and the humility to keep deepening your understanding.

Benefits and Growth:

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

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

#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, 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: $234,000 — $300,000 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.

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. Candidate legal notices are available for your reference.