Manager I, Engineering - Source Code Integration

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We are looking for a hands-on technical leader to drive the growth of our platform, as Datadog shifts left and becomes more developer-friendly and AI-ready. In this role you will lead the growth of our platform to support an increasing number of high profile features and teams, and work with a team of engineers of varied experience levels to shape our roadmap and deliver impactful solutions at scale.

What it asks for · 3

• A backend engineer at heart, with experience building robust systems composed of multiple services, data streams and stores operating at scale
• Significant experience with major backend technologies (e.g. Go, Python, or Java, PostgreSQL, Kafka), event driven architecture and or distributed systems
• Experience running platform services, comfortable making tradeoffs and balancing short term impact with long term sustainability. Proven ability to work closely with product and internal teams to deliver solutions at scale

What the job covers

• Lead and cultivate a team of engineers of diverse experience levels, including performance management and career development
• Lead technical and strategical discussions to better understand the challenges and opportunities faced by our team and our stakeholders
• Own and drive the relationships with product teams and major stakeholders, balancing competing requests with long term investments, and prioritizing impact across the whole platform
• Run a lightweight process to pace and track what we work on. Support the progressive delivery of high quality work through demos and frequent iteration
• Stay in touch with your team’s systems, and roll up your sleeves when needed to unblock your team by writing code or troubleshooting issues
• Support both internal and external customers resolve their issues, and find systematic solutions that elevate our platform and integration experience

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

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• code5×
• services4×
• customers3×
• engineers3×
• integration3×
• issues3×
• lead3×
• product3×
• support3×
• systems3×
• technical3×
• backend2×
• balancing2×
• brings2×

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