Manager I, Documentation

Datadog

Documentation Manager overseeing 3-5 technical writer direct reports. Partnering with Product and Engineering teams for technical documentation at Datadog.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $158,000 - $193,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoPythonRuby

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage 3-5 technical writer direct reports, overseeing their day-to-day, helping them make and manage effective content project plans, formally supporting their growth and development, and fostering an environment that encourages positive engagement and performance.
Partner with our Product and Engineering teams to create and maintain public documentation for users, developers, and SREs, helping them succeed with Datadog products, features, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools.
Experiment with the product, dig into source code, and interview subject matter experts to research technical details for documentation.
Collaborate with our contributor community and greater Documentation team to develop and improve documentation standards and processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have 5-10 years experience researching and developing documentation for technical topics, like databases, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and performance and security monitoring.
You have 2-5 years experience managing a small team of technical writers, coaching their performance, guiding their career journey, and breaking down complex projects into achievable plans.
You have publicly available technical writing samples.
You are comfortable reading at least two programming languages (e.g. Ruby, Python, Go, bash).
You have written or managed documentation as code, and are familiar with modern infrastructure such as IaaS cloud services and containers, as well as Git/GitHub and CI/CD tooling.
You enjoy partnering with product managers, developers, and other SMEs to create robust technical documentation for developers and other types of users.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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+
Competitive global benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

technical writingdocumentation developmentcontent project planningAPI documentationcloud infrastructureperformance monitoringsecurity monitoringprogramming languagesdocumentation as codeCI/CD tooling

Soft Skills

team managementcoachingperformance guidanceproject breakdowncollaborationpositive engagementcommunicationresearchinterviewingfostering development