Manager I, Engineering - Sensitive Data Scanner

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Sensitive Data Scanner (SDS) Telemetry team. The SDS group’s mission is to be the world’s easiest-to-use tool to discover, classify, manage, and report sensitive data risks across cloud, on-premise, and code environments. This team builds and scales the detection capabilities that scan all telemetry data flowing into Datadog — logs, APM spans, and RUM events — operating in streaming, at processing time, and at very large scale. You’ll lead a small, close-knit team based in Paris, with the opportunity to shape how the team grows as SDS Telemetry’s scope expands. It’s a chance to combine hands-on technical leadership with direct customer and product impact in the security and observability space.

What it asks for · 5

• You have experience building and shipping revenue-generating products, with strong product acumen and a customer-first mindset
• You have hands-on experience with Go and/or Java, and a track record building distributed, streaming systems at scale
• You have experience managing engineers — or are ready to step into your first formal management role — and know how to set goals, give feedback, and help a team grow
• You measure success through customer and business outcomes, not just output shipped
• You’re comfortable weighing tradeoffs between speed and correctness, ideally from experience in a fast-moving environment

What the job covers

• Lead and grow a team of engineers building real-time sensitive data detection across Datadog’s Logs, APM, and RUM telemetry pipelines
• Partner closely with the Logs, APM, and RUM teams, plus Datadog’s Trust & Safety team, to align on roadmap and integration priorities
• Shape product direction by working closely with Product, grounding decisions in customer needs and business impact
• Stay hands-on: contribute to design decisions and participate in the team’s on-call rotation
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers as the team grows beyond its initial size
• Help build a strong engineering culture as part of Datadog’s broader Sensitive Data Scanner group

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• grow5×
• product5×
• experience4×
• sensitive data4×
• telemetry4×
• building3×
• builds3×
• customer3×
• engineers3×
• hands-on3×
• lead3×
• logs apm3×
• rum3×
• scale3×
• business2×
• closely2×

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