Job Description:
Datadog is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and grow our Test Optimization - Libraries team.
This team represents a key part of the "shift-left" expansion of the Datadog Platform, focusing on automatically instrumenting and tracing software tests in customers' CI workflows for complete visibility into test health, performance, reliability, and flakiness.
The successful candidate will cultivate a talented team of engineers while shaping the product roadmap to ensure Datadog's full suite becomes more developer-friendly.
Responsibilities:
* Lead and develop a team of libraries engineers responsible for building the product end-to-end, directly managing 7 engineers.
* Participate in hands-on work: Code reviews, design reviews, and coding.
* Create a strong team culture aligned with engineering standards and customer focus.
* Work closely with product management and other engineering managers to support user workflows that leverage collected information effectively.
* Ensure SDK development and continuous improvement, ensuring ease of use and power while minimizing overhead in customers' codebases.
* Help grow the team and shape the engineering culture of a distributed team based mainly in Madrid and Lisbon offices.
Requirements:
* Experience working with low-level libraries used by thousands of engineers to enhance their own code.
* Previous experience as a tech lead or people manager leading software engineering teams.
* Excellent leadership skills with strong interpersonal abilities, capable of building and leading high-performing teams.
* Delivering high-quality software products on schedule and collaborating closely with product management and other engineering managers.
* Hands-on experience with one or two supported languages, ideally JavaScript and Python, and a willingness to participate in an on-call rotation.
About Us:
Datadog is a global SaaS business delivering growth and profitability. We break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of customers' technology stacks.
Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations across various industries. We champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth.