# Manager I, Engineering - Coordination Systems Storage

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $192k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Observability, Validation Testing, Simulation, Incident Response, Root Cause Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Performance Optimization, Profiling, Configuration Storage, Consensus
**Posted:** 2026-09-04

> Leads the Coordination Systems Storage team, managing five engineers while contributing to distributed-systems development, incident response, and reliability initiatives. Requires platform infrastructure experience, strong coding and performance skills, and a background in operational excellence.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead a core team of five engineers, distributed with a majority in New York City.
- Lead team ceremonies; prioritize, delegate, and coordinate projects.
- Contribute hands-on code, including isolated features, small remediations, and investigation follow-ups.
- Participate actively in operations, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
- Promote operational excellence by organizing gamedays, conducting operational reviews, and proactively improving reliability.

## Requirements
- Strong distributed-systems expertise, including understanding varied failure modes.
- Experience with end-to-end observability, validation testing, and simulation setup.
- Experience working on platform teams that provide critical infrastructure to internal stakeholders.
- Experience handling significant incidents as both a responder and follow-up owner.
- Strong cross-team collaboration and stakeholder-management skills.
- Strong coding foundation, including performance optimization and profiling.

## Benefits and Compensation
- New-hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program.
- Inclusive company culture and access to employee resource groups, Inclusion Talks, global mental-health benefits, and comprehensive employee benefits.
- Estimated annual salary: **$192,000–$240,000 USD**.

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