Datadog provides cloud-scale monitoring and security for metrics, traces and logs in one unified platform.

Manager I, Developer Advocacy

Software EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2010H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

California + 3 more

Posted

113 days ago

Salary

$154K - $226K / year

Bachelor Degree2 yrs expEnglishCloudJava ScriptNode.jsOpen SourcePythonGo

Job Description

• Lead a team of Developer Advocates, guiding their work priorities, identifying new career opportunities, and fostering a positive, high-performance culture • Contribute to defining the team’s OKRs (objectives and key results) and team strategy, driving the execution of these • Ensure your team consistently ships high-quality output, removing technical and procedural roadblocks to help them do their best work • Strike a balance between management and hands-on delivery, contributing high-quality technical content (e.g., videos, talks) as needed to support the team, represent Datadog, and stay in touch with the work • Work across various internal teams, including Product, Engineering, and Marketing to ensure they are supported across the growing number of Advocacy initiatives and help prioritize requests

Job Requirements

You are a former software developer, SRE, or other technical practitioner with strong technical judgment and experience building or maintaining production systems
You have 2-5 years experience managing a small team, coaching their performance, guiding their career journey, and breaking down complex projects into achievable plans
An experienced and respected developer advocate, skilled at reaching software developers across multiple channels, such as written content, conference talks, leading workshops, live streaming or recording videos, contributing to open source, and participating in community events
You are comfortable with at least 2 programming languages (eg Python, Go, Node.js, bash) and are familiar with modern infrastructure such as IaaS cloud services and containers

Benefits

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