Manager I, Technical Support Engineering

Datadog Datadog · Enterprise · Tokyo, Japan · Support Engineering

This role is a Manager I, Technical Support Engineering at Datadog, a company that provides an observability and security platform for the AI era. The role focuses on managing a team of Solutions Engineers who educate clients, troubleshoot issues, and ensure customer success. While the company operates in the AI era and uses AI, this specific role is not directly involved in building or researching AI models but rather in supporting the product and its customers. The responsibilities include team management, mentoring, triaging issues, customer communication, and documentation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage, develop, and mentor a fast-paced team of Solutions Engineers who respond to client requests, reproduce and troubleshoot issues, and dive into the 1000+ integrations that Datadog works with
  2. Ensure successful onboarding of new Solutions Engineers
  3. Help triage Solutions Engineering queues and work with Product and Engineering on urgent matters
  4. Review and help prioritize Solutions Engineering escalations, and follow up with customers in Japan
  5. Dispatch customer requests throughout the day as part of a queue rotation schedule

Skills

Required

  • People management and/or mentorship with previous experience leading a team
  • Programming experience
  • Basic knowledge of Linux
  • Fluency in English and Japanese (both spoken and written) at a business or native level

Nice to have

  • Self-motivated
  • Detail-attentive
  • Desire for continuous learning
  • Critical thinker
  • Client-centric approach
  • Tinkerer
  • Able to work a rotating schedule that requires weekend availability

What the JD emphasized

  • Fluency in English and Japanese (both spoken and written) at a business or native level is required for this role.