The Agent Data Plane team is building the next foundation for the Datadog Agent: a new Rust-based platform for the telemetry pipelines (logs, metrics, traces, checks, and more) that run on our customers' infrastructure. Designed for performance, a small and predictable resource footprint, and resiliency, Agent Data Plane will take over the Agent's existing Go-based data pipelines. See a recent episode of Datadog On to hear more about the origins of this project from its technical lead: Datadog On: Return of Rust.
As the team's first dedicated Engineering Manager, you'll guide a team of five engineers, partner closely with the project's technical lead, and help other Agent teams build their pipelines on the platform. Your work will lower the cost customers pay to run the Agent, reduce Datadog's own infrastructure costs, and make the Agent's performance and reliability a lasting competitive advantage. This is also a very public evolution of the Agent's architecture: the codebase is open source, and the work lends itself to technical blog posts and conference talks. As the Agent organization grows, you'll have the opportunity to take on broader scope and grow into the next level of engineering management.
At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
What You'll Do:
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of five engineers across Madrid and the US, ranging from early-career to senior, helping each of them build their impact and career
- Own planning and delivery for Agent Data Plane, including the phased migration of the Datadog Agent's data pipelines from Go to Rust
- Build strong relationships with the teams that own the logs, metrics, traces, and checks pipelines built on Agent Data Plane, as well as the APM Agent team, aligning priorities and working through competing requests
- Evolve Agent Data Plane into a true platform that other teams can build on with minimal support, while staying consistent with the project's architecture and goals
- Partner with the technical lead and senior engineers on design decisions, bringing your own technical judgment to performance, resource usage, and reliability tradeoffs
- Represent the team in cross-team and technical discussions, and help shape the team's new on-call rotation
Who You Are:
- You have 2+ years of experience managing software engineering teams
- You have a strong individual contributor background (typically 5+ years) and the technical depth to earn the trust of senior engineers, including those who know more about the details than you do
- You have 2+ years of hands-on systems programming experience in a language such as Rust, C++, Go, or C
- You've owned systems that other teams or customers depend on, and you've guided your team through incidents when things broke
- You've led a team through a significant migration or the replacement of widely used technology, communicating clearly with the teams affected
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Rust
- Experience building software that runs on customer infrastructure, such as agents or collectors, rather than internal services
- Experience on a platform team whose work other teams build on
- Experience with open source software, such as working with external contributors and maintaining public repositories
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.
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
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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About Datadog:
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
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Skills Required
- 2+ years managing software engineering teams
- Typically 5+ years of individual contributor software engineering experience
- 2+ years of hands-on systems programming experience in Rust, C++, Go, or C
- Experience owning systems that other teams or customers depend on
- Experience guiding teams through incidents and system failures
- Experience leading a significant technology migration or replacement
- Experience communicating with teams affected by technology changes
- Experience with Rust
- Experience building software for customer infrastructure, such as agents or collectors
- Experience on a platform team supporting other engineering teams
- Experience with open-source software and external contributors
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Datadog Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options alongside employer-supported mental-health resources offering multiple free sessions annually. HSA-compatible plans and fitness reimbursements further reinforce the breadth of support.
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Parental & Family Support — Fully paid, gender-neutral parental leave is available after three months of employment, with family-forming benefits such as fertility, adoption, preservation, and surrogacy support in eligible locations. Pet-adoption reimbursement and childcare-related supports extend the family focus where offered.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is accessible through new-hire RSUs in some roles and a discounted employee stock-purchase plan that broadens ownership. Retirement programs and financial-planning resources in eligible locations complement these equity pathways.
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What We Do
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers' entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another.
Why Work With Us
At Datadog, we learn from and celebrate each other daily - each win is a team win. Datadogs solve tough problems, innovate pragmatically, and grow together. We promote from within, provide mentorship and opportunities for career development, and support our colleagues in the process. Best of all? We truly love what we do.
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We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them and their team.
