# Manager I, Engineering - AI Developer Products

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** Paris, France
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, React, Ai Coding Tools, AI Agents, Full-Stack Development, Systems Engineering, Developer Tools, Product Architecture
**Posted:** 2026-08-25

> Leads and grows an engineering team building AI-powered developer tools, owning technical direction, execution, and operational quality. The role requires strong full-stack and systems expertise, production experience with AI coding agents, and experience delivering developer-facing products in ambiguous early-stage environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team of engineers building AI-powered developer tools, including hiring, ramp-up, and career development.
- Own the technical direction and partner with staff-level engineers on architecture decisions.
- Improve developer cycle time while raising correctness and trust in AI-assisted development.
- Partner with Product and Design to shape the roadmap for an early-stage product and translate ambiguous problems into shippable scope.
- Establish the team’s execution rhythm across planning, delivery, quality, and operational ownership.

## Requirements
- Experience actively shipping code with AI agents in production.
- Ability to thrive in early-stage environments with shifting roadmaps and ambiguous problems.
- Strong perspective on AI coding tools, their current limitations, and ways to improve them.
- Strong technical depth in full-stack development, including TypeScript, React, and systems-level work.
- Experience building developer-facing products or tooling where speed, reliability, and developer experience were critical.

## 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 Community Guilds.
- Access to Inclusion Talks and internal panel discussions.
- Free global mental-health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
- Competitive global benefits, varying by country of employment and employment type.

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