Manager I, Documentation

What You’ll Do

• Manage 3-5 technical writer direct reports, overseeing their day-to-day, helping them make and manage effective content project plans, formally supporting their growth and development, and fostering an environment that encourages positive engagement and performance.
• Partner with our Product and Engineering teams to create and maintain public documentation for users, developers, and SREs, helping them succeed with Datadog products, features, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools.
• Experiment with the product, dig into source code, and interview subject matter experts to research technical details for documentation.
• Collaborate with our contributor community and greater Documentation team to develop and improve documentation standards and processes.

Who You Are

• 5-10 years experience researching and developing documentation for technical topics, like databases, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and performance and security monitoring.
• 2-5 years experience managing a small team of technical writers, coaching their performance, guiding their career journey, and breaking down complex projects into achievable plans.
• Publicly available technical writing samples.
• Comfortable reading at least two programming languages (e.g. Ruby, Python, Go, bash).
• Written or managed documentation as code, and are familiar with modern infrastructure such as IaaS cloud services and containers, as well as Git/GitHub and CI/CD tooling.
• Enjoy partnering with product managers, developers, and other SMEs to create robust technical documentation for developers and other types of users.

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, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits
• 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan