Manager, Engineering - Language Tools

Summary

Join the Language Tools team at Datadog as a manager, taking ownership of an area of responsibility and leading a team of senior engineers. Contribute to the team effort by writing and reviewing design documents and code. Engage with stakeholders and make data-driven decisions to solve ambiguous problems.

Requirements

• A manager by choice. Our passionate engineers deserve a passionate manager
• An expert in one or more of the languages or build systems listed above
• A well-rounded engineer. You must broadly understand the various types of software projects that are built, tested, and packaged with our tools
• A clear and empathetic communicator. Many people within the Datadog engineering organization are interested in what our team is doing. You must value their diverse opinions, and synthesize plans from them

Responsibilities

• Manage 4 to 7 mostly senior engineers, helping them to achieve our objectives, and developing their careers
• Contribute to the team effort by writing and reviewing both design documents and code
• Connect with stakeholders at various levels in the Datadog engineering organization, to understand the needs of developers
• Make data-driven, risk-aware decisions to solve ambiguous problems, and confirm results. The changes we make impact the velocity of hundreds of engineers
• Engage with the open source community as needed. For example, influence and/or contribute to the Bazel roadmap, or report issues with Go release candidates

Benefits

• 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