Manager II, Engineering - SDLC Developer Experience

As an Engineering Manager II within SDLC, you’ll lead a group of talented engineers focused on building tools, systems, and processes that empower developers to deliver high-quality software faster and more reliably. You’ll own key parts of the software development lifecycle—driving improvements in CI/CD, build infrastructure, testing frameworks, or release automation. Your mission is to create an exceptional engineering experience that scales with our growing organization, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

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 You’ll Do:

• Define the vision, strategy, and technical direction for a part of the SDLC organization in partnership with staff engineers and cross-team leaders relying on our internal platforms

• Coach and develop senior engineers and managers, fostering a culture of high performance, inclusion, and psychological safety

• Oversee project planning, execution, and technical quality, ensuring operational excellence and system reliability

• Participate in hiring and organizational planning for future growth

Who You Are:

• Experienced working on and leading internal platforms and/or developer productivity & developer experience organizations

• You have experience with monorepos, CI/CD and deployment pipelines.

• You have experience working with one or more of the following languages: Java, Go, Python, or Rust.

• Experience working with Bazel is strongly preferred.

• Excited and engaged about defining the future SDLC powered by Gen AI advancement

• A strong people manager, able to attract, develop, and retain top engineering talent

• You’re comfortable managing geographically distributed teams (across the Americas & Europe), and you have experience managing other managers.

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re 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

• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)

• Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+

• Competitive global benefits

• Giving programs

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

To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

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, and 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 (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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