Manager I, Documentation

Overview As Documentation Manager, you lead a small team of technical writers to deliver high-quality public docs for Datadog’s APIs, SDKs, and developer tools. You partner with Product and Engineering to enable users, developers, and SREs to succeed with Datadog products. You will research technical details, interview SMEs, and help shape documentation standards across the contributor community. This remote NA role offers growth through mentorship and a collaborative culture focused on scalable, developer-friendly documentation. Compensation / BenefitsRSUs and ESPPprofessional development and career pathingmentor and buddy programinclusive culture and employee resource groupsmental health benefits401(k) plan with match ResponsibilitiesManage 3-5 technical writer reports, set content plans, and support career growthPartner with Product and Engineering to maintain public documentation for users, developers, and SREsExperiment with the product, research technical details from source code, and interview SMEsCollaborate to develop and improve documentation standards and processes with the contributor community and Documentation team Key requirements5-10 years experience researching and developing technical documentation (databases, APIs, cloud infrastructure, performance and security)2-5 years experience managing a small team of technical writersPublicly available technical writing samplesComfort reading at least two programming languages (e.g., Ruby, Python, Go, bash)Experience with documentation as code and modern infrastructure (IaaS, containers)Familiarity with Git/GitHub and CI/CD toolingAbility to collaborate with product managers, developers, and SMEs to create robust documentationcollaborationleadership and mentoringcommunicationtechnical writing for APIs and SDKsdocs-as-codereading and interpreting source code