Job description
Ignite the Future of Observability with Datadog
At Datadog, we’re on a relentless mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to truly understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. Operating at an unprecedented scale - processing trillions of data points per day - we empower seamless collaboration and problem-solving for tens of thousands of companies globally. Our engineering culture thrives on pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity, tackling complex challenges the right way.
Shape the Digital Experience: The Power of Synthetic Testing and Monitoring
Datadog Synthetic Testing and Monitoring isn’t just a feature; it’s a proactive powerhouse that ensures flawless user experiences. We provide a cutting-edge solution empowering users to forge code-free API, browser, and mobile tests that automatically simulate critical user flows and requests across applications, key endpoints, and network layers. Our platform meticulously tracks the performance of webpages and APIs from the backend to the frontend, empowering businesses to guarantee reliability and speed. This is more than monitoring; it’s about prevention, precision, and performance assurance.
Unleashing AI to Redefine Synthetic Testing
Datadog is not just building products; we’re pioneering the future of observability with AI. This role offers exciting opportunities to directly contribute to the AI-powered future of our Synthetic Monitoring product. You’ll be at the forefront, embracing AI-driven product development to shape how synthetic testing evolves, making it smarter, more efficient, and even more impactful. If you’re passionate about how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning can transform how applications are tested and monitored, this is your chance to make a profound mark.
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
As a pivotal Product Manager II for Synthetic Testing and Monitoring you’ll lead, innovate, and drive significant growth:
- Own and supercharge the Synthetics business: Drive accelerated adoption, optimize the onboarding experience, fuel customer expansion, and ensure robust revenue growth.
- Define and deliver the ultimate end-to-end Synthetics testing experience: From intuitive onboarding to seamless test creation and management, ensuring actionable troubleshooting and enabling customers to master testing at scale.
- Forge deep integrations: Lead critical collaborations with other Datadog teams to deliver profoundly integrated experiences that unlock new levels of insight and value.
- Strategize and amplify: Partner with Product Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and Support to perfect positioning, empower field teams with best practices, and orchestrate impactful product launches.
- Be the voice of the customer: Cultivate a deep understanding of customer needs, intricate use cases, and the competitive landscape to strategically inform our roadmap and Go-To-Market strategy.
- Pioneer AI innovation: Actively embrace and champion AI-driven product development to decisively shape the future of synthetic testing.
Who You Are:
We’re seeking a visionary Product Manager with a proven track record and a passion for pushing boundaries:
- Experienced Leader: You bring 3+ years of experience as a Product Manager, with a strong preference for backgrounds in observability, distributed systems, serverless, or platform infrastructure.
- Technically Astute: You possess a robust technical foundation (ideally 2+ years as a Software Engineer or equivalent), coupled with a deep understanding of service architectures and how modern applications are instrumented and monitored.
- AI Enthusiast: You have a background or a compelling interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML), ready to apply these cutting-edge concepts to synthetic testing.
- Exceptional Communicator: Your analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are outstanding, allowing you to articulate complex technical concepts with clarity and impact to diverse audiences.
- Customer Champion: You care deeply about the customer experience, holding an uncompromising bar for clarity, consistency, and quality in every product you deliver.
- Growth Minded: You are energized by a high-growth, fast-paced environment, eager to build foundational systems and scale product capabilities that will positively impact thousands of users globally.
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know 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 experience, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits & Growth:
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds
- Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
- Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
About Datadog:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
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