Platform Engineering Lead – Scale & AI-Ready Growth

United States Digital Space LLC; Paris (TX); On-site; USD 138,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Competitive compensation

Health benefits

Professional growth

Inclusion & community programs

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a hands-on technical leader to grow its platform. You will guide a diverse engineering team, drive strategic discussions, and balance stakeholder requests with long-term platform investments. You will also run lightweight processes to ensure high-quality, iterative delivery.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product teams, mentorship, and a bias for action in a fast-growing environment where AI readiness and developer focus are key priorities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a backend engineer leading scalable services.
• Strong background with Go, Python or Java and data stores like PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Kafka and distributed systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead and cultivate a team of engineers across experience levels.
• Drive technical and strategic discussions with stakeholders.
• Own relationships with product teams and prioritize platform investments.
• Manage delivery cadence with demos and iterative work.
• Hands-on coding and debugging when needed.

Skills

Backend engineering

Leadership

Team management

Distributed systems

Collaboration

Tools

Go

Python

Java

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Job description

Datadog is seeking a hands-on technical leader to grow its platform. You will guide a diverse engineering team, drive strategic discussions, and balance stakeholder requests with long-term platform investments. You will also run lightweight processes to ensure high-quality, iterative delivery.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product teams, mentorship, and a bias for action in a fast-growing environment where AI readiness and developer focus are key priorities.