Engineering Manager, OrgStore Blueprint

About the role

Datadog is hiring an Engineering Manager for the OrgStore Blueprint team in Madrid. OrgStore is a fully managed platform for storing and searching data, built around Postgres, serving the thousands of engineers behind hundreds of Datadog product teams. The manager leads a team of software engineers, works closely with product and support teams, and helps shape the long-term roadmap.

Key responsibilities

• Guide and mentor a team of 4-8 software engineers, fostering their growth and keeping performance high
• Drive the technical roadmap with the team, product managers and support teams so it aligns with company objectives and improves customer satisfaction
• Work through complex technical problems and produce well-defined, actionable plans
• Review code, lead design decisions and take part in the on-call rotation
• Align technical choices with business goals and contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as part of the engineering management team

Required profile

• Seasoned software engineer with experience building developer tools, running databases and maintaining infrastructure, focused on reliability and fault tolerance
• Proven leader able to manage team dynamics, set goals, give feedback and build a positive environment
• Able to plan, organize and oversee multiple software engineering projects
• Excellent communicator with team members, stakeholders and upper management
• Bonus: motivation to explore how AI can improve software engineering and build AI-enabled products

Required skills

• Experience with AI coding tools in daily work, validating, critiquing and refining AI-generated output
• Postgres (mentioned as the cornerstone of OrgStore)

What we offer

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Professional development, product training and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program, and access to employee resource groups
• Global mental health benefits for employees and dependents aged 6+
• Hybrid workplace