About the company
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.
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 — push back on, iterate on, and help author the strategy for your area
- 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
- Directly managed Engineering Managers, not just individual contributors — non-negotiable
- Integrate AI deeply into how you lead and how your teams build, treating AI-first thinking as core engineering practice
- Track record of shaping product decisions, not just executing against a spec
- Worked 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, and based in Paris or open to relocating there (French not required)
Conditions
- 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
- Inclusive company culture, ability to join Community Guilds
- Access to Inclusion Talks, internal panel discussions
- Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits