Director, Engineering - Digital Experience Monitoring

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

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 it asks for · 6

• You have directly managed Engineering Managers, not just individual contributors — this is a non-negotiable requirement for the role
• You integrate AI deeply into how you lead and how your teams build, treating AI-first thinking as core engineering practice rather than a feature bolted onto the product
• You have a track record of shaping product decisions, not just executing against a spec
• You've worked with large-scale, event-driven or data-intensive backend systems — ingestion pipelines, high-throughput APIs, or time-series/event data at scale
• You bring full-stack or frontend-adjacent experience; DEM is an SDK-heavy, browser- and mobile-facing product group
• You're comfortable operating in English in a cross-Atlantic org, and are based in Paris or open to relocating there (French is not required)

What the job covers

• Own engineering for one or more DEM product areas with scope calibrated to your background and strengths
• Manage 50-60 engineers through a layer of Engineering Managers; this is a manager-of-managers role
• Shape the roadmap alongside product leadership rather than simply executing against it — push back on, iterate on, and help author the strategy for your area
• Drive AI adoption across the engineering org, from tooling and workflows to product features and team practices
• Navigate cross-team dependencies across DEM, APM, Core Platform, AI Platform, and Data Science
• Build and retain engineering talent in Paris, mentor Engineering Managers toward Director readiness, and participate in the on-call rotation

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

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• product11×
• dem4×
• director4×
• engineering managers4×
• feature4×
• build3×
• monitoring3×
• paris3×
• product areas3×
• 50-60 engineers2×
• background2×
• bring2×
• core2×
• data2×
• drive adoption2×

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