Role Overview

Join Datadog's elite Cyber Threat Intelligence team as an Engineering Manager I in Boston, Massachusetts. This leadership role sits at the critical intersection of global information security and security product innovation. You'll lead security researchers staying ahead of threat actors, their TTPs, and emerging vulnerabilities affecting Datadog and our customers. Your work directly informs detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, and powers Datadog Security Labs' thought leadership through published research and conference presentations.

Datadog's hybrid workplace in Boston fosters collaboration while supporting work-life harmony. Report to the Engineering Manager II of Detection & Intelligence Group while partnering across Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting, Red Team, Product Management, and Security Products Engineering. This is threat intelligence leadership at a world-class cloud observability platform.

Key Responsibilities at Datadog

As Engineering Manager I - Cyber Threat Intelligence, you'll drive strategic impact through hands-on leadership:

• Team Leadership: Develop and lead security researchers executing threat hunting, intelligence production, thought leadership, and actor/malware tracking roadmaps.
• Threat Tracking: Build unified research tracking threat actors targeting Datadog infrastructure and customers.
• OKR Development: Collaborate with leadership to establish quarterly objectives addressing priority intelligence needs.
• Intelligence Operations: Create RFI programs and optimize strategic/tactical/operational threat intelligence pipelines.
• TTP Research: Experiment with latest attack/defense techniques in integrated Datadog production environments.
• Tool Development: Engineer automation for intelligence collection, processing, and analysis.
• Product Innovation: Partner with Engineering & Product teams on PoC services, tools, and simulations demonstrating new protections.
• Thought Leadership: Evangelize mission, publish blogs, speak at conferences, and develop content with Community team.
• External Partnerships: Build relationships advancing global cybersecurity initiatives.

Qualifications & Requirements

Datadog seeks proven leaders with deep technical threat intelligence expertise:

• Experience leading threat research, CTI, security engineering, or research teams in complex environments.
• Hands-on practitioner skilled in threat investigation, reporting, and intelligence product delivery.
• Demonstrated success collecting stakeholder requirements and building operational intelligence models.
• Active threat intelligence community connections and sharing group navigation expertise.
• Proven threat hunting leadership yielding detections, intelligence, and publications.
• Technical proficiency building PoC services (Go, Python, Ruby), cloud deployment, and monitoring.
• Published threat research blogs and security conference speaking experience.
• Empathetic people leadership prioritizing growth, mentorship, and performance management.

Bonus: Cloud-native CTI leadership at technology/security vendors; threat intelligence platform (TIP) management experience.

Salary & Benefits

Datadog offers competitive compensation for Engineering Manager I roles in Boston, plus industry-leading benefits creating work-life harmony:

• Competitive Base + Equity: Substantial stock options in high-growth public company.
• Comprehensive Health: Family medical, dental, vision coverage.
• Commuter Benefits: Full transportation reimbursements.
• Fitness Reimbursements: Gym memberships and wellness programs.
• Professional Development: Conference attendance, certifications, training stipends.
• Unlimited PTO: Flexible time off policy.
• 401(k) Matching: Generous retirement contributions.
• Hybrid Boston Office: Modern collaborative workspace.
• Parental Leave: Industry-leading family support.

Why Join Datadog?

Datadog powers observability and security for the world's leading cloud applications. Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team shapes product detection capabilities while elevating our security brand through Security Labs research. Work with brilliant engineers tackling real-world threats against cloud-native environments. Boston's hybrid model + competitive comp + equity positions you for career acceleration at a public market leader. Join teams preventing breaches at Fortune 500 companies using Datadog daily.

Datadog invests in your growth through mentorship, conferences, and hands-on innovation. Our culture values correctness, efficiency, empathy, and leaving no stone unturned. If you live threat intelligence and want to lead at scale, Datadog is your platform.

How to Apply

Ready to lead Datadog's Cyber Threat Intelligence? Click Apply Now if you meet most qualifications. We're excited about diverse candidates passionate about staying ahead of threat actors. Datadog is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity. Apply today - positions fill quickly in our high-growth security organization!