Joblaze summary

In this role, the Engineering Manager for Observability Pipelines at Datadog will oversee a team of engineers, focusing on both people management and the execution of engineering projects. The position requires a strong technical background in areas such as distributed systems or data infrastructure, along with experience in product management to effectively collaborate on roadmaps. This role is ideal for someone with a proven track record in managing engineering teams and a solid understanding of high-performance data pipeline systems. Datadog emphasizes a collaborative office culture, supporting a hybrid work model.

Joblaze insights

Listed today — first seen on Joblaze November 12, 2026. Last confirmed on Datadog's careers page November 12, 2026.
Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$172,030).
Starts above 31% of 13 comparable lead management roles in United States that list distributed systems we track (median $192,000 across 6 companies). See distributed systems salary trends
distributed systems appears in 2.8% of 632 comparable lead management roles in United States; Data Infrastructure appears in 0.3% of 632 comparable lead management roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Manager I, Engineering - Observability Pipelines role remote?: It's hybrid — Datadog expects some on-site time in New York, New York, United States.
What's the salary range?: Datadog lists $192,000–$240,000 for this role.
Where is the role based?: Datadog is hiring for this position in New York, New York, United States.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Data Infrastructure, Rust, Systems programming, distributed systems, high-throughput data plane environments.
What seniority level is this role?: Datadog targets lead candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Manager I, Engineering - Observability Pipelines role at Datadog.

From the original posting

Observability Pipelines (OP) is Datadog's on-premise, vendor-agnostic telemetry pipeline product. As an Engineering Manager on the team, you'll own people management and engineering execution for one of OP's core missions, spanning areas like intelligence (a pipeline that decides on its own where every piece of data goes, and why), integrations (ingesting from and routing to the many source and destination systems customers rely on), streaming insights, cost control, or pipeline capabilities, reliability and scalability. You'll partner directly with Product to help shape the roadmap, and work closely with your peer EMs and senior ICs to define how OP operates and grows. This is an opportunity to build your management craft while having real influence over the technical direction of a fast-growing product area.

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:

Own people management and engineering execution for a team of 5 engineers
Establish a strong operating rhythm for the team, and drive high standards for on-call rotations and incident response, reliability and release quality
Partner closely with Product Management on the roadmap, balancing product priorities with technical realities
Lead, coach, and grow the careers of engineers on your team

Who You Are:

Experienced managing engineers directly, comfortable owning a team’s operating rhythm end-to-end, from planning through execution and stakeholder communication to incident and on-call ownership
Have a technical background in one or more of the following areas: distributed systems, data infrastructure, systems programming or high-throughput data plane environments
Strong product sensibility, and a track record for shipping. You enjoy working with Product on strategy and execution

Preferred Experience:

Experience with high-performance or Rust-based data pipeline systems
Experience with on-premise or customer-installed software concepts

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

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

$192,000—$240,000 USD

About Datadog:

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Manager I, Engineering - Observability Pipelines

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