Manager I, Engineering - Subscriptions

The Subscriptions team is part of Datadog’s core monetization platform within Revenue Engineering, supporting a significant portion of revenue through alternative sales channels including cloud marketplaces, partners, and in-app purchasing. This team builds and operates high-throughput, high-availability services that process up to 80k requests per second, along with revenue-critical pipelines that directly impact customer purchasing and entitlement experiences. As Datadog continues to expand into new products and markets, this role will help evolve systems to support new pricing models, purchasing flows, and regional requirements. This is a full-stack engineering leadership role with ownership across both customer-facing features and backend services, offering strong opportunities to shape scalable systems and team growth.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and support a full-stack engineering team building and operating Datadog’s subscriptions platform
• Oversee development of high-throughput, high-availability services handling up to 80k requests per second
• Guide the design and evolution of monetization systems supporting cloud marketplaces, partners, and in-app purchasing
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Billing, Revenue Engineering, and Product to deliver revenue-critical features
• Drive improvements to purchasing flows, pricing models, and entitlement systems to support new products and markets
• Ensure system scalability, reliability, and performance as Datadog expands globally

Who You Are:

• Experience managing or leading engineering teams in a full-stack or platform environment
• Strong background in building and scaling distributed systems or high-traffic services
• Familiarity with monetization platforms, billing systems, or e-commerce infrastructure
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience delivering reliable, customer-facing features in a fast-paced environment
• Passion for building scalable systems and supporting business growth through engineering

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

• Generous and competitive benefits package
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Employee-focused best in class onboarding
• Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program