Director, Engineering - Detection Platform

The Detection Platform organization is responsible for helping customers identify, understand, and act on issues across their environments through alerting, event intelligence, and autonomous detection capabilities. As Director, Detection Platform, you will lead a group of engineering managers and teams responsible for foundational alerting infrastructure, event management, monitor creation experiences, and AI-powered detection systems. This role sits at the center of Datadog’s efforts to evolve how customers detect, investigate, and respond to operational issues at massive scale. You will partner closely with Product Management, Applied Science, Design, and Engineering leaders to shape the future of detection and observability experiences for Datadog customers while leading a growing organization of engineers. 

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 a multi-team engineering organization responsible for alerting, event management, monitor creation experiences, and autonomous detection capabilities.
• Define and execute the technical and organizational strategy for the Detection Platform while aligning stakeholders across Engineering, Product, Design, and Applied Science.
• Drive innovation in AI-powered detection, anomaly identification, and signal generation that helps customers proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Scale highly available platform systems that process hundreds of millions of evaluations while maintaining reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Develop and mentor engineering managers and technical leaders, fostering a culture of execution, collaboration, and technical rigor.
• Champion customer-centric product thinking by balancing platform investments with intuitive user experiences and measurable customer outcomes.

Who You Are:

• You have significant experience leading engineering organizations that build large-scale platforms, infrastructure, observability, monitoring, or developer-facing products.
• You combine deep technical expertise with strong product instincts and can make architectural decisions while understanding customer needs and business impact.
• You have experience leading leaders and managing engineering managers across multiple teams and domains.
• You have a track record of defining long-term technical vision, building organizational alignment, and delivering complex initiatives through execution.
• You have experience working with machine learning, AI-enabled products, intelligent automation, or large-scale detection systems, either directly or through close partnership with specialized teams.
• You are an effective communicator who can inspire teams, influence senior stakeholders, and navigate ambiguity while driving measurable outcomes.

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: 

• 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+
• Competi