Manager I, Engineering - Core Analytics

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era. We are looking for a hands-on engineering manager to lead a small team building the Core Analytics Data Access Platform.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 2-4 data engineers across Paris and NYC.
• Own technical direction, architecture, and roadmap for the Data Access Platform.
• Contribute to design and code, spending substantial time coding and reviewing.
• Partner with Applied AI, Product Analytics, and platform teams to define data contracts, APIs, SLAs, and observability.
• Ensure data security, governance, and reliability with access controls, lineage, and monitoring.
• Plan and scale the platform's storage, processing, and API patterns.

• Hands-on engineering manager with experience in data pipelines and at-scale data engineering.
• Production experience with AWS, Spark, and Iceberg (or equivalent).
• Experience working with applied ML teams and data scientists.
• Operationally strong with SLAs, observability, incident response, and data governance.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary is $192,000—$240,000 USD. Benefits include equity (RSUs), 401(k) match, healthcare, dental, mental health benefits, and more.