Datadog · 6 days ago
Manager I, Engineering - APM SDK Capabilities
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$187K/yr - $240K/yrDatadog is a global SaaS business focused on observability and cloud monitoring. The Engineering Manager for APM SDK Capabilities will lead a team to develop core infrastructure for tracing libraries, ensuring a smooth developer experience and guiding technical direction across multiple language SDKs.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingCloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureData ManagementDevOpsProductivity ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
Lead a polyglot team of 5-7 engineers and partner closely with Product and Engineering teams across Datadog to deliver industry-leading capabilities that power consistent, scalable, and intuitive instrumentation across languages
Drive adoption of key features like runtime metrics and startup diagnostics by ensuring they are safe, valuable, and enabled by default
Shape the strategy and execution for APM configuration management - making it simple, observable, and extensible for customers of all sizes
Contribute to Datadog’s presence in the OpenTelemetry ecosystem by influencing specifications and aligning SDK infrastructure with industry standards
Qualification
Required
An experienced Engineering Manager with a track record of shipping
Experienced in two or more languages and comfortable building cross-runtime systems
Have a passion for libraries and OSS software development
Deep experience working on or with observability tooling
You care about developer experience, clean APIs, and reliable systems
Highly collaborative
An ability pivot from high level product narratives to highly technical implementation details (and articulate how one impacts the other)
Possesses experience with one or more of: SDK or library development, observability tooling, OSS software development
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
Healthcare
Dental
Parental planning
Mental health benefits
A 401(k) plan and match
Paid time off
Fitness reimbursements
A discounted employee stock purchase plan
Company
Datadog
Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services.
Founded in 2010
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.02BKey Investors
ICONIQ GrowthIndex VenturesOpenView
2024-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $870M
2020-05-28Post Ipo Debt
2019-09-19IPO
Leadership Team
Olivier Pomel
Co-founder, CEO
Alexis Le-Quoc
Co-founder & CTO
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