Engineering Manager, Security Libraries

About the role

Datadog's Security Libraries team owns the customer-side integrations behind its run-time security products (App & API Protection, Workload Protection and Code Security), shipping security capabilities across seven open-source language libraries and HTTP proxy integrations (Envoy, NGINX, HAProxy) in thousands of production clusters. As Engineering Manager you will lead part of this polyglot team, set the technical bar and team culture, and drive the pace at which new detections and AI-assisted capabilities reach customers. The role is hands-on, balancing people leadership, product and roadmap ownership and the operational health of production code.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, grow and develop a team of roughly 4-8 library engineers, coaching, giving direct feedback and empowering senior ICs as technical leaders
• Own team delivery and productivity: planning, milestones, reviews and the on-call rotation
• Set product direction with Product Management and balance priorities across App & API Protection, Workload Protection and Code Security
• Stay technically close to the work, apply strong technical judgment, contribute code where it matters most and keep quality and architecture high
• Build relationships and drive alignment across language teams and product, backend and frontend partners
• Shape team identity and culture, and own accountability when problems occur

Required profile

• Experience managing a team of engineers, setting direction with Product Managers, owning a backlog and running delivery
• Senior software-engineering background with strong technical judgment
• Track record of developing people through coaching and direct feedback
• Strong cross-team communication and comfort driving alignment across many stakeholders
• Experience building libraries, SDKs, developer tooling or systems/run-time software
• Pragmatic product-engineering experience, weighing technical trade-offs against customer impact

Nice to have

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

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