Manager I, Engineering - AI Developer Products

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

Everyone is building agent orchestrators; we think the harder problem is verification - knowing whether what an agent produced actually works, against real systems, before it ships. We’ve spent a decade collecting the production truth that makes that answerable, and we're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the team turning it into a developer tool. You'll own the surfaces where developers work with coding agents day to day. This is early-stage product work with the distribution, data, and engineering depth of an established company behind it, and your first users will be Datadog's own engineers, giving you feedback loops measured in hours.

What it asks for · 5

• You’re actively shipping code with AI agents in production
• You thrive in early-stage environments where the roadmap shifts and the right answer isn't known yet.
• You have a genuine point of view on AI coding tools - where they help today, where they fall short, and what it would take to close the gap.
• You have strong technical depth in full-stack development (TypeScript/React and systems-level work) and stay close enough to the code to earn the trust of senior engineers
• You've built developer-facing products or tooling where speed, reliability, and developer experience were hard requirements

What the job covers

• Lead and grow a team of engineers building AI-powered developer tools, owning hiring, ramp-up, and career development
• Own the technical direction for the product we’re shipping, partnering closely with staff-level engineers on architecture decisions.
• Drive down developer cycle time while raising the bar on correctness - making AI-assisted development both faster and more trustworthy
• Partner with Product and Design to shape the roadmap for an early-stage product, translating ambiguous problems into shippable scope
• Establish the execution rhythm for your team: planning, delivery, quality, and operational ownership of the services you build

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

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