The opportunity
The Reference Tables Access team owns the UI, MCP, APIs, and control plane that customers use to bring external data into Datadog. Reference Tables lets them use their own reference data to enrich and filter observability data without leaving the platform.
What you'll do
Lead a team of engineers, ensuring effective project execution.
Partner with product managers and staff engineers to define and drive the team’s technical direction.
Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to shape the team’s roadmap and: contribute to the broader organization’s technical direction.
Establish and uphold engineering best practices, ensuring consistency and quality.
Mentor and coach engineers, supporting their career growth and development.
Foster an inclusive and collaborative team culture.
What they're looking for
- Technically adept, with a strong foundation in large-scale distributed: systems and/or customer-facing platform development. You can dive deep into technical details in code and designs when needed.
- A problem solver at heart, eager to take on complex technical challenges with confidence and experience.
- An engineering leader, skilled in prioritization, escalation, and clear: communication, helping teams make progress through ambiguity.
- Experienced with mission-critical systems and high-stakes operations,: including supporting infrastructure that demands high reliability and rapid incident response through a 24x7 on-call rotation.
