About the company
Datadog's Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) group is one of the company's fastest-growing product areas, spanning Real User Monitoring (RUM), Product Analytics, Synthetic Monitoring, Feature Flags, and Datadog Studio, our newest AI-native observability surface.
Responsibilities
- Own engineering for one or more DEM product areas with scope calibrated to your background and strengths
- Manage 50-60 engineers through a layer of Engineering Managers; this is a manager-of-managers role
- Shape the roadmap alongside product leadership rather than simply executing against it
- Drive AI adoption across the engineering org, from tooling and workflows to product features and team practices
- Navigate cross-team dependencies across DEM, APM, Core Platform, AI Platform, and Data Science
- Build and retain engineering talent in Paris, mentor Engineering Managers toward Director readiness, and participate in the on-call rotation
Requirements
- You have directly managed Engineering Managers, not just individual contributors
- You integrate AI deeply into how you lead and how your teams build
- You have a track record of shaping product decisions, not just executing against a spec
- Experience with large-scale, event-driven or data-intensive backend systems — ingestion pipelines, high-throughput APIs, or time-series/event data at scale
- Full-stack or frontend-adjacent experience; DEM is an SDK-heavy, browser- and mobile-facing product group
- Comfortable operating in English in a cross-Atlantic org, based in Paris or open to relocating there (French is not required)
Conditions
- Hybrid workplace based in Paris
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Mentor and buddy program, Community Guilds, Inclusion Talks
- Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits