The opportunity
Datadog’s Cloud Observability group is one of the core data retrieval and processing groups powering our foundational product, Infrastructure Monitoring. The group’s scope includes integration with all major hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI), as well as both regional and GPU-specific cloud providers.
What you'll do
Own engineering for all of Cloud Observability
Manage ~40 engineers through a layer of Engineering Managers; this is a manager-of-managers role
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
Drive AI adoption across the engineering org, from tooling and workflows to: product features and team practices
Navigate cross-team dependencies across the Agent, Telemetry Onboarding,: Integrations, Action Platform, and Infrastructure Monitoring.
Build and retain engineering talent in NYC, Boston, and Paris, mentor: Engineering Managers toward Director readiness, and participate in the on-call rotation
What they're looking for
- 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
