Senior Forward-Deployed Engineering Leader

Fdetimes; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Equity package

401(k) plan and match

Paid time off

Job summary

Datadog seeks an experienced Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to shape the FDE framework and build scalable programs. You will collaborate with the Head of Datadog for Startups and the FDE team to define processes, drive field feedback, and extend the program across multiple customer segments.

You will lead engagements that blend sales, engineering, and program design, while growing a team of engineers and TSEs. This hybrid role requires travel and deep cloud/observability expertise.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in forward deployed engineering, solutions architecture, software engineering, or related fields.
• 3+ years in a customer-facing technical role.
• Experience scaling a technical program, practice, or function in a high-growth tech company.
• Familiarity with cloud-native stacks and hands-on observability platforms.
• Willingness to travel to embed with customers.

Responsibilities

• Evolve and scale the FDE operating model end to end—from intake to value metrics and reporting.
• Build out offerings catalog including observability quickstarts, integrations, AI accelerators, and cost optimization packs.
• Capture gaps and translate into briefs; work with PM and Eng to feed roadmap decisions.
• Hire, onboard, and mentor FDEs; develop technical assessment frameworks.
• Identify mini-product opportunities and drive lightweight sprints for reusable assets.
• Coordinate with Sales, Solutions Engineering, CS, and BD for account selection and executive reviews.

Skills

FDE leadership

Solutions architecture

Cloud-native stacks

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP/Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

APM/Logging

Datadog experience

Travel willingness

Tools

Datadog

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Infrastructure-as-Code

Job description

Datadog seeks an experienced Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to shape the FDE framework and build scalable programs. You will collaborate with the Head of Datadog for Startups and the FDE team to define processes, drive field feedback, and extend the program across multiple customer segments.

You will lead engagements that blend sales, engineering, and program design, while growing a team of engineers and TSEs. This hybrid role requires travel and deep cloud/observability expertise.