Datadog · 2 days ago
Manager I, Developer Advocacy
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$154K/yr - $226K/yr
2+ years expDatadog is a global SaaS business focused on enabling digital transformation and infrastructure monitoring. As an Engineering Manager I on the Advocacy team, you will lead a team of Developer Advocates to drive value in developer communities while promoting modern software development practices.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingCloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureData ManagementDevOpsProductivity ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
Lead a team of Developer Advocates, guiding their work priorities, identifying new career opportunities, and fostering a positive, high-performance culture
Contribute to defining the team’s OKRs (objectives and key results) and team strategy, driving the execution of these
Ensure your team consistently ships high-quality output, removing technical and procedural roadblocks to help them do their best work
Strike a balance between management and hands-on delivery, contributing high-quality technical content (e.g., videos, talks) as needed to support the team, represent Datadog, and stay in touch with the work
Work across various internal teams, including Product, Engineering, and Marketing to ensure they are supported across the growing number of Advocacy initiatives and help prioritize requests
Qualification
Required
You are a former software developer, SRE, or other technical practitioner with strong technical judgment and experience building or maintaining production systems
You have 2-5 years experience managing a small team, coaching their performance, guiding their career journey, and breaking down complex projects into achievable plans
An experienced and respected developer advocate, skilled at reaching software developers across multiple channels, such as written content, conference talks, leading workshops, live streaming or recording videos, contributing to open source, and participating in community events
You are comfortable with at least 2 programming languages (eg Python, Go, Node.js, bash) and are familiar with modern infrastructure such as IaaS cloud services and containers
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.
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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