Manager I, Engineering (AI)

TL;DR

Manager I, Engineering (AI): Leading and growing the Code Coverage team, building AI-powered developer tooling to track and enforce test coverage. Focus on leveraging production signals and LLMs to improve test quality, relevance, and performance.

Location: Hybrid in Madrid, Spain

Company

Datadog is a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a team of four engineers in Madrid, supporting their growth through mentorship and performance feedback.
• Guide the evolution of Code Coverage into an AI-powered system using production data and LLMs.
• Partner with product management and customers to define and evolve the roadmap.
• Contribute to architecture and design decisions, and participate in the on-call rotation.

Requirements

• Experience leading an engineering team as a tech lead or manager.
• Strong interest in AI and agentic engineering.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving execution.
• Hands-on experience with Java or Go and large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong product sense and communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking.
• An inclusive company culture with Community Guilds.
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents.
• Competitive global benefits.