Overview
Source Code Integration enables Product teams at Datadog to develop features that leverage our customers’ source code. This brings the platform closer to developers, helping them relate telemetry to code to run automated investigations, debug services with stack traces and profiles, scan code for security issues, or make proactive fixes. The team owns platform services, infrastructure and integrations required to access and synchronize customer repositories securely, reliably and efficiently.
We are looking for a hands-on technical leader to drive the growth of our platform as Datadog shifts left and becomes more developer-friendly and AI-ready. In this role you will lead the growth of our platform to support an increasing number of high profile features and teams, and work with engineers of varied experience levels to shape the roadmap and deliver impactful solutions at scale.
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We encourage you to apply if you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead and cultivate a team of engineers with diverse experience levels, including performance management and career development
- Lead technical and strategic discussions to understand challenges and opportunities faced by our team and stakeholders
- Own and drive relationships with product teams and major stakeholders, balancing competing requests with long‑term investments, and prioritizing impact across the whole platform
- Run a lightweight process to pace and track work. Support progressive delivery of high-quality work through demos and frequent iteration
- Stay in touch with your team’s systems, and roll up your sleeves to unblock the team by writing code or troubleshooting issues
- Support internal and external customers to resolve issues and find systematic solutions that elevate the platform and integration experience
Qualifications
- A good collaborator, enabler, and a natural leader who puts people first
- A backend engineer at heart, with experience building robust systems composed of multiple services, data streams and stores operating at scale
- Significant experience with major backend technologies (Go, Python, or Java), PostgreSQL, Kafka; experience with event-driven architecture and distributed systems
- Experience running platform services, comfortable making tradeoffs and balancing short-term impact with long-term sustainability, and ability to work with product and internal teams to deliver solutions at scale
- Passion to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, providing leadership and direction for a highly technical team
- Positivity and proactivity towards AI, with experience using agentic tools for development and analysis
Datadog values people from all walks of life. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits and Growth
- Competitive compensation based on individual performance
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
- Mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- Inclusive culture with Datadog employee resource groups
- Inclusion talks and internal panel discussions
- Global health benefits for employees and dependents
- Competitive global benefits and giving programs
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on country of employment and employment terms.
About Datadog
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about Datadog life on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog offers 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 other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
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