Manager I, Engineering - Security Libraries
Datadog
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.
- Location
- Paris, France
- Work model
- hybrid
- Seniority
- manager
- Source checked
- October 18, 2026
▣ Role summary
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.
▮ Aptiora signal profile
✦ Why this role matters
- Work on a core product area for the next era of AI.
- Direct impact on how people discover, interact with, or benefit from technology.
- Bridge product ambition with research and infrastructure reality.
◔ What the employer asks for
- 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
△ Where the uncertainty is
- Exact team size, reporting line, and near-term mandate are not fully visible from the public posting.
- Compensation, equity, or leveling details are not explicit yet.
- Onsite and hybrid expectations may matter more than the headline location suggests.
- The balance between research, product, and infrastructure responsibilities may still be broad.
▤ Preferred evidence
- 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
♛ Evidence this role rewards
- Experience in distributed systems and production engineering.
- Hands-on comfort with modern AI or multimodal product stacks.
- Leadership experience in fast-moving or high-ownership teams.
- Track record of turning complex ideas into shipped products.
◎ Why Aptiora keeps this on the radar
Aptiora is not asking whether the role sounds impressive. It asks whether the posting contains enough scope, evidence, leverage, and unresolved questions to deserve your attention. This public page organizes the opportunity; personalized fit begins inside My Aptiora.
▮ Aptiora decision signals
- The role shows strong leverage rather than generic volume hiring.
- The posting contains enough substantive detail to justify deeper analysis inside Aptiora.
- Public evidence is still not the same as your personal fit or decision quality.
☑ What to verify before acting
- Team mission, size, and what success looks like in the first months.
- Reporting structure, level expectations, and decision authority.
- Whether the real scope is product, research, infrastructure, or a blend.
- Working model, compensation, equity, and interview process.
Benefits noted: 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+
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