# Manager I, Engineering - Husky

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** Paris, France
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Java, Go, Distributed Systems, Database Systems, Columnar Storage, Architecture Reviews, Rfcs, Incident Response, Postmortems, On-Call Operations
**Posted:** 2026-08-12

> Leads a software engineering team responsible for scaling Husky, Datadog’s distributed columnar event store. The role combines people management, technical leadership, product partnership, and operational ownership, with experience in distributed systems and Java or Go preferred.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Manage a team of software engineers ranging from new graduates to senior engineers, focusing on career development, inclusivity, and high impact.
- Provide technical leadership by reviewing architecture decisions, RFCs, and pull requests, and ensuring high-quality delivery.
- Partner with product teams to evaluate use cases, support smooth implementation, and prioritize platform capabilities.
- Share on-call responsibilities and promote operational excellence.
- Scale a petabyte-scale database toward exabyte-scale capacity.

## Requirements
- Previous experience leading software engineering teams and delivering high-quality software products.
- Experience with on-call work, incident response, postmortems, and remediation efforts.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including experience with career development and performance management.
- Background in distributed systems.
- Preferably hands-on experience with Java or Go.

## 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.
- Inclusive company culture and access to employee resource groups.
- Inclusion talks and internal panel discussions.
- Global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
- Competitive global benefits.

Benefits may vary based on the country of employment and the nature of employment.

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