Director, Engineering - Cloud Observability

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  Own engineering for all of Cloud Observability

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  Manage ~40 engineers through a layer of Engineering Managers; this is a manager-of-managers role

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  Shape the roadmap alongside product leadership rather than simply executing against it — push back on, iterate on, and help author the strategy for your area

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  Drive AI adoption across the engineering org, from tooling and workflows to product features and team practices

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  Navigate cross-team dependencies across the Agent, Telemetry Onboarding, Integrations, Action Platform, and Infrastructure Monitoring. 

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  Build and retain engineering talent in NYC, Boston, and Paris, mentor Engineering Managers toward Director readiness, and participate in the on-call rotation

• You have directly managed Engineering Managers, not just individual contributors 

• You have deep experience with one or more cloud providers, ideally with experience operating large-scale systems in the cloud.

• You have a solid understanding of cloud economics, as well as how to balance performance and cost in cloud computing environments.

• You integrate AI deeply into how you lead and how your teams build, treating AI-first thinking as core engineering practice rather than a feature bolted onto the product

• You have a track record of shaping product decisions, not just executing against a spec

• You have worked with large-scale, event-driven or data-intensive backend systems — ingestion pipelines, high-throughput APIs, or time-series/event data at scale

• You are  comfortable operating in English in a cross-Atlantic org, and are based in New York, Boston, or Paris.

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.

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