Manager I, Engineering - Fabric RPC

Manager I, Engineering - Fabric RPC at Datadog

The Fabric RPC team is responsible for providing secure, reliable, cost‑efficient, performant, and easy‑to‑use service‑to‑service communication. The RPC libraries that our team provides are used by every developer in Datadog and they power all our products and services.

We’re looking for an engineering manager to lead and expand the efforts of our RPC team. You will own the strategic direction and roadmap for tooling and services that power our networking stack and simplify delivery while increasing velocity of teams across Datadog.

What You’ll Do :

• Lead and cultivate a team of engineers, including performance management and career development.
• Shape and drive the direction of RPC strategy at Datadog.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, product managers, and external stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and design the continued development of our platform.
• Plan the most important projects to work on next while striking a delicate balance between investment in reliability / performance, continued development of the platform, and long‑term R&D.
• Run OKR process to define and align the team’s quarterly goals with the needs of the business and community.
• Lead technical and architectural discussions to better understand challenges and problems faced by our team and the engineering community.

Who You Are :

You have formally managed a team of software engineers.

You have experience driving delivery in a fast‑paced, high‑growth distributed environment.

You have significant back‑end programming experience and have architected, built, and operated distributed systems to solve problems at scale.

You are pragmatic when it comes to solutions and technology.

You have a BS / MS / PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related scientific field, or equivalent professional experience.

Bonus : You have practical experience or a strong understanding of traffic‑management techniques such as load balancing, load shedding, circuit breaking, and rate limiting—applied to distributed RPC systems.

Benefits and Growth :

New‑hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).

Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.

In‑departmental mentor and buddy program for in‑house networking.

An inclusive company culture and the ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups).

Access to Inclusion Talks and internal panel discussions.

Free, global mental‑health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.

Competitive global benefits.

$187,000 – $240,000 USD per year.

About Datadog :

Datadog (NASDAQ : DDOG) is a global SaaS business delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We enable digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring across the entire technology stack of our customers. Built by engineers for engineers, Datadog champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and continuous growth.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog :

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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Seniority level :

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type :

Full‑time

Job function :

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development

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