Hiring: Manager II, Engineering - Observability Pipelines Company: Datadog Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 10:44:55 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Accessibility, Data Pipeline, Datadog, Rust, SaaS About the job Required Skills: •Directly manage the OP org including EM1s across NYC and Paris, set technical direction, and be the connective tissue across a distributed team •Build out the management and technical leadership layers as the org continues to grow - today ~20 ICs •Partner directly with Product to co-own the roadmap and strategy, helping decide where OP’s engineering investment goes next •Set and evolve the operating rhythm across the group: planning cadence, on-call and incident standards, and cross-team alignment •Own key cross-org relationships with the SaaS Logs Pipelines team, the BYOC team, and the Vector open-source community •Coach managers and senior engineers, and build the succession and growth plans that let the org scale beyond you Qualifications: •Background in distributed systems and high-throughput data infrastructure, enough to guide architectural and build-vs-buy decisions at the domain level •Familiar with on-premises or customer-installed software and the operational tradeoffs it introduces - support escalations are more complex, incidents are harder to diagnose, and environments vary enormously •A strategic partner to Product - you help set the roadmap, not just execute against it •Commercially aware: you understand the competitive landscape and can connect engineering decisions to business outcomes •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. •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 Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!