• Lead technical and architectural discussions to better understand challenges and problems faced by our team and the engineering community.
• Stay in touch with your team’s code, and roll up your sleeves when needed to unblock your team by writing code or troubleshooting issues.
• Lead and cultivate a team of engineers with a diverse skill-set, including performance management and career development.
• Own and drive relationships with engineering teams and major stakeholders helping to prioritize impact towards the team’s north star.
• Run OKR processes to define and align the team's quarterly goals with the needs of the business and platform.

Required Qualifications:

• You’re experienced working directly with internal customers to understand their needs and develop product roadmaps.
• You’ve built out robust platforms made up of services, data stores and data streams prioritizing impact and sustainability.
• You’re a forward thinker looking for an opportunity to grow in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment providing leadership and direction for a highly technical team.
• You have significant experience in one or more backend languages, such as Go, Python, Java, or similar; and with different types of data stores, such as PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Redis or ElasticSearch.
• You have experience working on browser-based user interfaces and working with Designers. Bonus points if you have full-stack skills or experience with JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Experience working with internal tooling, developer tooling, engineering enablement or similar internally-focused areas would be beneficial in this role.
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent professional experience.

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Preferred Qualifications:

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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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Benefits and Growth:

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

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Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

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To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.