Manager I, Engineering - RUM Data Insights

We’re looking for a hands-on engineering manager to lead the creation of a new team within the Real User Monitoring (RUM) backend organization. This team will focus on extracting higher-level insights from our existing data stream, driving forward Datadog’s ability to deliver intelligent, actionable recommendations to our users. You will shape the team’s vision, build the initial foundations, and drive collaboration with the ingestion and storage/querying teams. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the next generation of RUM capabilities, including at some point AI-powered insights.

 

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 a new engineering team focused on aggregating and interpreting RUM data for insight generation.
• Hands-on development of the stateful streaming system providing concrete, customer-facing suggestions for frontend improvements. This involves mainly Java, Kafka, S3 technologies.
• Collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders to define the roadmap and prioritize projects.
• Align with other teams from RUM backend (the ingestion and storage/querying teams) as well as with other RUM teams (App and SDKs) to ensure smooth data flow and integration across the RUM platform and the RUM product.
• Organize and maintain the on-call rotation for the RUM backend in the US timezone, ensuring operational excellence and reliability.

 

Who You Are:

• You have a solid understanding of real-time data pipelines and experience working with distributed systems at scale.
• You are excited about building new teams and establishing technical vision from the ground up.
• You collaborate effectively across teams and disciplines, bringing clarity and direction to complex technical initiatives.
• You are passionate about delivering value to customers and making large volumes of data actionable.
• You care deeply about building inclusive, high-performing teams and supporting the growth of your engineers.
• Some familiarity with browser or mobile frontend development is a strong plus.

 

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.

 

To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$187,000—$240,000 USD

About Datadog: 

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