Manager II, Engineering - Runtime

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Historically, profilers have been used during development or as one-off experiments in non-production environments to optimize resource usage, debug performance problems, or investigate incidents. The Continuous Profiler team at Datadog is building a cutting-edge profiling product that has low enough overhead to run continuously in production, unlocking insights into customer applications running real workloads at scale.

As our next Senior Engineering Manager (EM2) for the Runtime teams, you will lead all of Datadog’s runtime-focused teams— the teams that shape the future of profiling and observability across major runtimes like OpenJDK, Go, and others. This is a unique opportunity to influence how millions of developers see and improve their code in production, while collaborating with open source communities and driving innovation in runtime engineering.

You will manage multiple teams and staff-level engineers responsible for profiling libraries, eBPF-based profiling capabilities, crash tracking, and other runtime integrations. Your leadership will ensure that we build the right features at the right time, maintain a high bar for technical quality, and keep Datadog at the forefront of observability innovation.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture— the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do

Lead multiple runtime teams and a group of staff engineers building :

• Language specific profiling libraries (Java, Go, Python and more)
• eBPF profiling capabilities
• Crash tracking and runtime instrumentation features
• Partner closely with product management, design, our design partners and other APM teams to set and follow up on roadmaps and help prioritize initiatives
• Mentor and grow engineering managers and staff engineers, building healthy, high-performing teams distributed across multiple geographies
• Ensure that our runtime integrations are performant, stable and deliver high-value insights to customers at scale

Who You Are

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Benefits and Growth

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, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, , and Datadog Learning Center.

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$234,000—$300,000 USD

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