Manager I, Engineering Code Security
Job Summary
As Engineering Manager for Code Security youll lead a team of engineers building Infrastructure as Code and Secrets protection - one of the fastest-growing areas inside Datadogs security business with a strong roadmap and real customer problems to solve. Youll partner closely with Product Management and User Experience to shape how the team delivers stay hands-on with the technical work and bring AI deeply into how your engineers build. The organization is still young which means real room to shape its direction and grow into broader scope as it does.
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 Youll Do:
- Lead and grow a team of engineers building Datadogs Infrastructure as Code and Secrets security products
- Own the teams roadmap staffing and delivery partnering closely with Product Management and User Experience
- Stay hands-on: contribute to code review weigh in on design decisions and participate in the on-call rotation
- Bring AI deeply into how the team builds from adopting agentic coding tools to rethinking workflows around them
- Coach engineers at every level giving direct feedback and helping them grow their scope and careers
- Keep the teams projects and programs organized as priorities shift across a fast-growing area
Who You Are:
- Youve managed software engineers for 2 years with a track record of shipping through your team
- You bring a strong technical background you can draw on in day-to-day roadmap and design conversations
- Youre comfortable staying close to the work - reviewing code and unblocking technical decisions alongside your team
- Youve integrated AI agents into how you and your team deliver code not just experimented with them
- You keep projects and programs organized even as priorities and scope shift
Nice to Have:
- Background in security ideally with depth in code security
- Experience in customer-facing conversations
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. Thats okay. If youre passionate about technology and want to grow your skills we encourage you to apply.
Benefits and Growth:
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development product training and career pathing
- Intradepartmental 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.
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Required Experience:
Manager