Manager II, Engineering - Site Reliability Engineering

We are seeking an Engineering Manager II to lead a group within Datadog’s Site Reliability Engineering organization, spanning teams focused on resilience validation, chaos engineering, and penetration testing. This role operates at the intersection of reliability, security, and proactive risk mitigation, driving initiatives that directly improve system robustness at scale. You will manage managers, shape the strategic vision for reliability in a rapidly evolving landscape influenced by AI-driven development, and partner across the organization to elevate engineering practices. This is a highly autonomous leadership role with significant scope and impact, suited for someone energized by complexity, scale, and continuous evolution.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture, the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and mentor engineering managers, fostering their growth while building strong, high-performing teams across your organization

• Contribute to and advance the vision for reliability at Datadog, including adapting practices in response to the evolving impact of AI on software development

• Guide teams in defining and executing roadmaps that balance immediate impact with sustainable, long-term improvements

• Build strong cross-functional partnerships across engineering, security, and product teams to drive organization-wide reliability outcomes

• Champion a solutions/outcome-oriented approach by driving risk mitigation efforts and leading initiatives that result in measurable reliability improvements

Who You Are:

• You have experience managing managers in dynamic, fast-evolving environments and are passionate about developing leadership at multiple levels

• You bring deep expertise in site reliability engineering and have worked with large-scale distributed systems

• You can define and communicate a clear vision, aligning diverse stakeholders across a complex organization

• You have exposure to security practices such as penetration testing or adversarial validation (nice to have)

• You are an adaptable leader who can drive meaningful change and adjust your approach based on context and organizational needs