Datadog’s Real User Monitoring (RUM) gives our customers end-to-end visibility into the real-time activity and experience of individual users, on the web and on mobile. This includes application performance, error management, as well as analytics & user insights. RUM is massively growing: More customers, more features & more people! And this growth comes with challenges. 

As an Engineering Manager on the Browser SDK you'll lead the development of cutting-edge SDKs in TypeScript, impacting millions of users across major organizations by identifying performance bottlenecks and improving web optimization. This role offers direct influence over SDK design and delivery, supporting teams beyond RUM like Product Analytics and Error Tracking, and working cross-functionally with product, design, frontend and backend. We expect that you are completely familiar with the Web browser ecosystem and the specific security and privacy challenges that exist. Your SDK code must be safe and robust in this complex environment. Join us in promoting industry standards and shaping the future of RUM on browsers within a collaborative and innovative team environment.

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: 

• Manage and grow the Browser SDK team, directly managing 6-8 engineers

• Define our technical roadmap in alignment with product goals and the frontend and backend teams

• Work directly with partner teams such as Application Performance Monitoring, Product Analytics and Error Tracking to define the client side experience of Datadog.

• Create a strong team culture aligned with our engineering standards and our customer focus

• Participate in hands-on work: Code reviews, design reviews and some coding

 

Who You Are: 

• A Software Engineer at heart with a previous experience leading software engineering teams, as a tech lead or people manager

• Excellent leader with strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to build and lead high-performing teams

• Skilled at building bridges with other teams and nourishing collaborative relationships, managing dependencies between our partners. 

• Interested in the small details that have a large impact on the web

• You have a track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule and collaborating closely with product partners.

• Strong technician, particularly with JS/TS, building web apps on modern frameworks (React, Angular, Next.js, Nuxt, etc) 

• Experienced at building packages or tooling for developers to use in production.. 

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.