4+ years of technical leadership experience, including both effective communication of complex concepts and experience coordinating across teams to ship critical products
Deep backend programming expertise — you’ve architected, built, and operated complex systems at scale
Customer-first mindset and a strong drive to build products that meet real needs
You care deeply about product quality and have clear, thoughtful perspectives on how things should work
You value simplicity and clean design in systems, interfaces, and user experiences
You have a track record of taking full ownership of ambiguous and complex problems and turning them into solutions that deliver real value
Hands-on experience developing web applications is a plus
What you'll be doing:
Design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects to make APM the best performance insights product on the market
Provide technical leadership across organizational boundaries to ensure maximum delivery efficiency
Support and guide other engineers through product and architectural platform decisions
Provide input on prioritizing engineering-led planning and roadmaps
Collaborate with internal product teams to design solutions that meet our customer needs
Recognize meaningful problems to solve, prototype what a solution would look like and drive the implementation end to end
Build customer empathy by talking directly to customers
Share thoughtful perspectives on how the user experience should look like and collaborate with UX designers and to drive improvements
Perks and Benefits:
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+