Manager II, Engineering - Site Reliability Engineering

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and mentor engineering managers, fostering their growth while building strong, high-performing teams across your organization
• Contribute to and advance the vision for reliability at Datadog, including adapting practices in response to the evolving impact of AI on software development
• Guide teams in defining and executing roadmaps that balance immediate impact with sustainable, long-term improvements
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships across engineering, security, and product teams to drive organization-wide reliability outcomes
• Champion a solutions/outcome-oriented approach by driving risk mitigation efforts and leading initiatives that result in measurable reliability improvements

Who You Are:

• You have experience managing managers in dynamic, fast-evolving environments and are passionate about developing leadership at multiple levels
• You bring deep expertise in site reliability engineering and have worked with large-scale distributed systems
• You can define and communicate a clear vision, aligning diverse stakeholders across a complex organization
• You have exposure to security practices such as penetration testing or adversarial validation (nice to have)
• You are an adaptable leader who can drive meaningful change and adjust your approach based on context and organizational needs

Benefits and Growth:

• Generous and competitive benefits package
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Employee-focused best in class onboarding
• Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture