Manager I, Developer Advocacy

1 month ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Marketing and Growth
Datadog

Datadog

Datadog is the go-to monitoring platform for cloud applications, providing a complete suite of services to ensure optimal performance and user satisfaction.

IT Services
5K-10K
Founded 2010

Description

  • Lead and coach a small team of Developer Advocates, guiding work priorities, performance conversations, and career development.
  • Define the team’s OKRs and strategy and drive their execution.
  • Ensure the team consistently ships high-quality technical output and remove technical and procedural roadblocks.
  • Balance management with hands-on delivery by contributing technical content (e.g., videos, talks, workshops) as needed to represent Datadog and stay connected to the work.
  • Plan and break down complex projects into achievable plans and milestones for the team.
  • Collaborate across Product, Engineering, and Marketing to support Advocacy initiatives and prioritize incoming requests.
  • Identify new career opportunities for team members and foster a positive, high-performance culture.
  • Represent the team externally at conferences, community events, and through written and recorded content to engage developer communities.

Requirements

  • Former software developer, SRE, or other technical practitioner with experience building or maintaining production systems and strong technical judgment.
  • 2–5 years of experience managing a small team, including coaching, performance management, and career guidance.
  • Proven experience as a developer advocate or similar role, with success engaging software developers across multiple channels (written content, talks, workshops, livestreams, videos, open source, community events).
  • Comfortable working with at least two programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Node.js, bash).
  • Familiarity with modern infrastructure technologies such as IaaS cloud services and containers.
  • Experience defining and driving team OKRs and translating strategy into execution.
  • Track record of producing high-quality technical content and representing an organization externally.
  • Interest in application development and performance topics and in promoting modern software development practices.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with an estimated range of $154,000–$226,000 USD plus equity (RSUs) and potential variable compensation.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) and discounted ESPP options.
  • Comprehensive global benefits including healthcare, dental, and parental planning.
  • Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
  • 401(k) plan with company match (where applicable) and other regional retirement benefits.
  • Paid time off and other leave benefits.
  • Continuous professional development, product training, career pathing, and intradepartmental mentor/buddy program.
  • Inclusive company culture with employee resource groups (Community Guilds), Inclusion Talks, and other diversity & inclusion programs.

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