Manager I, Engineering - Metrics Timeseries - Datadog : Job Details

As an Engineering Manager on the Metrics Platform, you and your team will be responsible for the reliable scheduling and execution of queries that power Datadog's most critical infrastructure monitoring features. Our platform ingests several hundreds of TB's/day and performs hundreds of thousands of queries per second; scalability, accuracy and reliability are paramount. Metrics Timeseries database is at the heart of storing and querying monitoring data. You will be responsible for leading and growing the talented software engineers on the team, as well as partnering with other Engineering Manager and Product Managers. You will develop and deliver a roadmap that scales the Timeseries database with high resilience, fault tolerance and cost efficiency. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do

• Manage a team of software engineers ranging from new grads to senior engineers, focusing on career development, inclusivity, and high impact
• Own day to day engineering and team responsibilities for custom Timeseries database in a highly scaled environment deployed in Amazon, Google and Azure public clouds
• Be a technical leader of the team; while the role may not involve frequent hands on coding, you'll be reviewing architecture decisions, RFCs, and pull requests and ensuring what the team ships is high quality
• Share on-call responsibilities with the rest of the team and ensure a culture of operational excellence
• Run and optimize team processes, ensuring the successful delivery of high quality work

Who You Are

• You've led high-scale customer-facing services where uptime, performance, and correctness are business-critical
• You are an excellent leader with strong interpersonal skills, and you have the ability to build and lead high-performing teams, mentoring junior and senior engineers to help them grow their careers
• You have a track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule and collaborating closely with product management to set the vision and strategy for your projects
• You are experienced with being on-call, leading incident responses, writing post mortems, and driving remediation efforts
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience
• [Bonus] Expert in Rust language for performance and latency sensitive environments

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. 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: $187,000-$240,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers' entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Your Privacy: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.