Datadog

Manager II, Engineering - Logs

Datadog$234K — $300K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in engineering management or related field
  • Strong understanding of business strategy, product vision, and customer needs
  • Track record of fostering team development and building leadership within a tech environment
  • Ability to navigate and manage complexity in large organizations
  • Proven technical background to bridge product, design, and engineering efforts

Responsibilities

  • Define and guide the technical roadmap and product vision for the Logs business
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for product reliability and performance
  • Cultivate the next generation of engineering leaders within the team
  • Establish a resilient and ambitious team culture focused on iterative problem solving
  • Ensure inclusivity and leverage diverse perspectives in product solutions
  • Manage risks and keep teams aligned with customer priorities

Benefits

  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Ongoing professional development and career advancement opportunities
  • In-house mentorship and networking programs
  • Inclusive company culture with employee resource groups
  • Access to mental health benefits for employees and dependents
  • Competitive global benefits package
Full Job Description
As an Engineering Manager II at Datadog, you will own a significant portion of the Logs business - one of Datadog's largest and most strategic products, with major growth opportunities still ahead. Sitting at the table where strategy is defined, you will drive execution across a ~30-person engineering org at an exciting moment of product evolution where AI requires us to fundamentally rethink how we handle observability data to remain market leaders. This is a high-scope role for someone energized by hard problems, eager to grow at the intersection of business strategy and engineering excellence, and driven to build a product that radically transforms how engineering teams around the world operate and resolve incidents. What You'll Do: • Own the success of the Logs business for your scope - co-define the Logs technical roadmap and product vision with Product, Design, and peer leadership. You will blend an understanding of customers, markets, and revenue drivers with deep engineering rigor to deliver our core vision • Act as a key collaborator across Datadog, building strong partnerships with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure a highly reliable, scalable and performant product Invest in the next generation of engineering leaders - growing your managers, expanding their impact, and building a high-performing engineering organization where people continuously develop and thrive. • Foster a culture of ambition and resilience - where people lean into hard problems, iterate rapidly, and hold themselves to a high collective standard • Build an inclusive environment focused on fostering top-tier talent, ensuring that diverse perspectives are leveraged to build the best possible solution • Manage the complexity of a large organization - anticipating risks, resolving friction, and keeping teams focused on what matters to our customers Who You Are: • Results-driven and decisive - you work hard to cut through ambiguity and consistently create the conditions for the people around you to do their best work • A business owner at heart - you think in markets, customers, and revenue, and you bring Product, Design, and Engineering together around a shared vision • Energized by hard problems and driven to keep growing - you seek out challenges, learn from them, and bring others along with your curiosity and forward-thinking approach • Passionate about developing people - you've grown leaders before, and you're known for creating opportunities for others to step up and expand their impact • Technically curious and continuously learning - you have the engineering foundation to earn trust, and the humility to keep deepening your understanding 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. #LI-Hybrid Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan. The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $234,000-$300,000 USD

About Datadog

Datadog is a monitoring and analytics platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. The company was founded in 2010 by Olivier Pomel and Alexis Lê-Quôc and is headquartered in New York City. Datadog's platform assists organizations in improving agility, increasing efficiency, and providing end-to-end visibility across dynamic or high-scale infrastructures. The company's SaaS-based data analytics platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of customers' entire technology stack. Datadog's customers include Airbnb, Twilio, and The Washington Post.
Learn more about Datadog
Size
3,200 employees
Market Cap
$22.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$24.5 million
Founded
2010
Revenue
$603.4 million
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