Director, Engineering - Digital Experience Monitoring

About the role

Datadog's Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) group covers Real User Monitoring (RUM), Product Analytics, Synthetic Monitoring, Feature Flags and Datadog Studio, its newest AI-native observability surface. As Director, you will own engineering for one or more of these product areas, with scope shaped by your background, and manage 50-60 engineers through a layer of Engineering Managers. You will partner with Senior Directors and product leadership to shape the roadmap, and help drive AI adoption across engineering tooling, workflows and product features. The role is based in Paris, with a growth path to Senior Director.

Key responsibilities

• Own engineering for one or more DEM product areas, calibrated to your background and strengths
• Manage 50-60 engineers through Engineering Managers (a manager-of-managers role)
• Shape the roadmap with product leadership, pushing back on and iterating on it
• Drive AI adoption across the engineering organization, from tooling and workflows to product features and team practices
• Navigate cross-team dependencies across DEM, APM, Core Platform, AI Platform and Data Science
• Build and retain engineering talent in Paris, mentor Engineering Managers toward Director readiness and take part in the on-call rotation

Required profile

• Direct management of Engineering Managers (non-negotiable)
• Deep integration of AI into how you lead and how teams build
• Track record of shaping product decisions, not just executing specs
• Experience with large-scale, event-driven or data-intensive backend systems such as ingestion pipelines, high-throughput APIs or time-series/event data
• Full-stack or frontend-adjacent experience, as DEM is an SDK-heavy, browser- and mobile-facing product
• Comfortable working in English in a cross-Atlantic organization, based in Paris or open to relocating (French not required)

What we offer

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program, and access to Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
• Global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Hybrid workplace