Manager I, Engineering - Code Coverage

Datadog Datadog · Enterprise · Bordeaux, France +8 · Remote · Leadership

Manager for an engineering team building AI-powered developer tooling, specifically Datadog's Code Coverage product. The role involves leading a team, setting technical direction, and staying hands-on with architecture and design. The team will evolve the product into an automated system using production signals and LLMs to improve test quality and effectiveness.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and develop a team of four engineers in Madrid, supporting their growth through mentorship, regular 1:1s, and clear performance feedback, while fostering a strong culture of ownership and quality
  2. Guide the evolution of Code Coverage into an AI-powered system that uses production data and LLMs to identify coverage gaps and improve test effectiveness
  3. Partner with product management and customers to define and evolve the roadmap, aligning stakeholders and translating strategy into clear priorities
  4. Stay hands-on by contributing to architecture and design decisions, and by participating in the on-call rotation

Skills

Required

  • Experience leading an engineering team as a tech lead or manager
  • Track record of developing engineers at different levels
  • Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to build and lead high-performing teams
  • Ability to set priorities effectively
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity
  • Ability to drive execution in evolving environments
  • Hands-on experience with Java or Go
  • Experience worked on large scale distributed systems
  • Willingness to stay close to the code
  • Participate in an on-call rotation
  • Strong product sense
  • Strong communication skills
  • Collaborate effectively with product managers, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders

Nice to have

  • Strong interest in AI
  • Strong interest in agentic engineering
  • Curious about how LLMs and autonomous systems can improve developer workflows

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-powered developer tooling
  • AI-powered system
  • LLMs
  • agentic engineering
  • autonomous systems

Other signals

  • AI-powered developer tooling
  • leverages production signals and AI to improve test quality
  • AI-powered system that uses production data and LLMs to identify coverage gaps and improve test effectiveness
  • strong interest in AI and agentic engineering
  • how LLMs and autonomous systems can improve developer workflows