Manager I, Documentation

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing unified visibility across the technology stack. The Documentation team creates engaging and informative technical content, particularly public product documentation. This role is for a Documentation Manager to lead a growing documentation team, managing 3-5 technical writer direct reports, partnering with Product and Engineering teams, and researching technical details. The role is remote in North America.

• Manage 3-5 technical writer direct reports, overseeing day-to-day, content project plans, and growth.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to create and maintain public documentation for users, developers, and SREs.
• Experiment with the product, dig into source code, and interview subject matter experts.
• Collaborate with the contributor community to improve documentation standards.

• 5-10 years experience researching and developing documentation for technical topics.
• 2-5 years experience managing a small team of technical writers.
• Publicly available technical writing samples.
• Comfortable reading at least two programming languages (e.g., Ruby, Python, Go, bash).
• Experience with documentation as code, Git/GitHub, CI/CD tooling, and modern infrastructure.

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program.
• Inclusive company culture, Community Guilds, Inclusion Talks.
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
• Competitive global benefits.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role is $131,000—$193,000 USD.

Application: Apply via the provided link.