Manager I, Engineering - Security Libraries

About the role

The Security Libraries team owns the customer-side integrations behind Datadog’s run-time security products — App & API Protection, Workload Protection, and Code Security — shipping and maintaining security capabilities across seven open-source language libraries (.NET, Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Ruby, PHP) and a set of HTTP proxy integrations (Envoy, NGINX, and HAProxy), running inside thousands of production clusters worldwide. Recent work spans exploit prevention (RASP), WAF detections, API Security, code security (IAST and SCA), and AI-assisted onboarding.

What they're looking for

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• Experience managing a team of engineers — setting direction with Product Managers, owning a backlog, and running delivery
• A senior software-engineering background with strong technical judgment
• A track record developing people: coaching, direct feedback, and helping engineers, both senior and struggling, grow
• Strong cross-team communication, comfortable driving alignment across many stakeholders
• Experience building libraries, SDKs, developer tooling, or systems/run-time software
• Pragmatic product-engineering experience — you’ve worked with Product Managers and weighed technical trade-offs against customer impact

Helpful, not always essential

• An application security background (WAF, RASP, IAST/SCA) or adjacent observability/APM experience
• Hands-on experience with one of our languages (.NET, Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Ruby, PHP) or open-source stewardship
• Experience leading distributed or multi-language teams across many stakeholders
• 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 & working conditions

• 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.
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