Manager ll, Engineering - Datadog Agent SDLC

The Datadog Agent is our flagship open-source project and a critical part of how customers experience Datadog, with hundreds of engineers contributing annually across multiple languages and platforms. As Manager II, Engineering for Datadog Agent SDLC, you will lead the systems, tooling, and developer experience that...

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

Lead the engineering teams responsible for the Agent developer experience, build systems, correctness, and performance benchmarking platforms

Own software supply-chain security for a public repository that ships into customer infrastructure - provenance, signing, dependency and contribution review, and the new risks coding agents introduce
Evolve the Agent software development lifecycle to support hundreds of contributors while improving developer velocity, reliability, and security
Drive AI coding enablement across the Agent ecosystem, adapting development workflows and infrastructure as engineers increasingly work alongside coding agents
Guide the evolution of build infrastructure for a complex, multi-language, multi-platform codebase, including the continued adoption and development of modern build systems
Hire, mentor, and develop engineering managers and staff engineers across multiple geographies

An engineering leader with experience owning software development lifecycle systems and developer infrastructure
First-hand experience with AI coding tools and flows, excited by the opportunities and mindful of challenges created by AI-assisted software development
Curious about the art of proving software correct: deterministic simulation testing, fault injection, property-based testing, continuous performance benchmarking
Familiar with complex multi-language development environments, CI/CD, remote build execution and caching; experience with Bazel or similar build systems is a plus
Experienced leading multiple teams through technical and organizational change while balancing roadmap velocity, reliability, security, and long-term platform investments
A proven track record scaling exceptional engineering teams: hiring, coaching, performance management, and building appropriate team structures globally

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.