Manager I, Engineering - Agent Developer Experience
Manager I, Engineering - Agent Developer Experience
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Job Description
The Agent Developer Experience team is on a mission to transform how engineers develop test and contribute to the Datadog Agent. The Agent is developed by 100 engineers across Datadog making daily contributions to code that runs on millions of customer machines worldwide. As one of the central pieces of software that powers Datadogs observability platform the Agent requires productive and enjoyable development workflows that enable teams to ship features quickly and reliably.
Were looking for an experienced engineering manager to lead our Agent Developer Experience team. Youll directly impact the productivity of dozens of engineers by solving complex challenges around CI/CD pipelines development tooling and testing infrastructure. This role offers the unique opportunity to be a force multiplier across the Agent product organization solving immediate pain points and preparing for future growth.
Were looking for a hands-on technical leader to guide a growing team of engineers through an ambitious product and technical roadmap. This high-impact role will play a key part in shaping product direction design and engineering decisions.
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 Youll Do:
- Lead a team of Engineers and work with Agent developers across Datadog to define and deliver an industry leading developer experience
- Lead the team roadmap staffing and culture. Help engineers grow their impact and career.
- Lead the Open Source community practices across Agent repositories
- Be a core contributor and reviewer of code lead design decisions and participate in our on-call rotation
Who You Are:
- Proven experience (1 years) leading a team of 5 engineers with a track record of delivering high quality tooling and software products
- Strong interest in improving productivity and happiness of developers
- Experience measuring and improving developer productivity metrics (build times cycle times)
- Experience with multi-language development environments and dependency management
- Ability to manage team dynamics set goals provide feedback and foster a positive and productive work environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams and functions
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.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
