Manager I, Engineering - Logs Configuration

Madrid, Spain; Paris, France


Our Logs Config team is responsible for delivering an exceptional logging experience to Datadog customers, from initial onboarding through advanced insights and optimized account management. As an Engineering Manager for Logs Config, you'll lead a full-stack, technically diverse team, driving product improvements, maintaining high-quality engineering standards, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration. You'll have the opportunity to steer open-ended, multi-quarter initiatives and cultivate the next generation of technical leaders, making this role ideal for someone looking to significantly grow their management and strategic impact in a critical area of Datadog’s business.

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

 

What You’ll Do:

  • Manage a full-stack engineering team responsible for customer-facing logs configuration and insights.
  • Provide technical leadership by identifying, addressing, and removing roadblocks to maintain team velocity and code quality.
  • Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to enhance our logs configuration user experience.
  • Lead strategic, multi-quarter initiatives, navigating ambiguity to establish clear goals and execution paths.
  • Foster professional growth and career advancement for team members, including performance reviews and promotions.
  • Participate and lead by example in the team's 24/7 on-call rotation to maintain service reliability.

Who You Are:

  • Experienced manager with a track record of leading product engineering teams with an emphasis on customer-driven improvements.
  • Skilled collaborator, able to effectively coordinate efforts across multiple teams and functions.
  • Demonstrated technical judgment and ability to guide technical decisions across front-end and back-end systems (primarily API services, in programming languages such as Go and Python).
  • Passionate about mentoring and growing engineers, actively developing the next generation of technical leaders.
  • Comfortable and motivated by working in a fast-paced, high-growth technology organization.

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. 

 

Benefits and Growth: 

  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
  • Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
  • Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
  • Competitive global benefits

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.


About Datadog: 

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.


Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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Requisition ID: R12071