Manager I, Engineering - Coordination Systems Storage

Datadog · New York, New York, USA · Leadership · listed September 4, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority

Manager

Where

Hybrid

Stated pay

$192,000 – $240,000 USD

Requirements listed

Length

734 words

In the posting’s own words

We are looking for a manager to lead the Coordination Systems - Storage team. This team provides essential configuration storage and distribution systems that are depended upon by almost every service and pod at Datadog. We power critical runtime configuration (e.g. feature flags), complex control planes (e.g. dynamic sharding configuration), and much more.

What it asks for · 5

Strong distributed systems skills, able to understand and account for a variety of failure modes, well-versed in end-to-end o11y, validation testing, simulation setup, etc.
Worked on platform teams before, providing critical infrastructure to internal stakeholders
Experienced in handling significant incidents, both as a responder and follow-up owner
Strong cross-team collaboration and stakeholder management skills
Strong foundation in coding, experienced with performance optimizations and profiling

What the job covers

Lead a core team of 5 engineers (distributed, with majority in NYC)
Lead ceremonies, prioritize and delegate project
Stay hands-on with the code, e.g. isolated features, small remediations, investigation follow ups
Stay actively involved in operations, incidents, root cause analysis, etc.
Constantly promote a culture of operational excellence, organizing gamedays, conducting operational reviews, staying proactive with reliability

Tools and skills named

Cloud & infra

Datadog4×
Distributed systems2×

Operations & finance

Stakeholder management

Ways of working

Testing

Words the posting leans on

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