David Jones
Engineering Manager at Datadog
Waverley, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Jones is an engineering manager with 14 years of software experience and nine years at Datadog, where he progressed from software engineer to senior engineer and now leads teams building observability tooling. He is a full‑stack developer who contributes to high-profile open-source projects—working on Datadog’s documentation site and improving deployment and remote transfer features in Hugo. Comfortable across frontend and backend stacks, he has hands-on experience with Javascript, Go, deployment tooling, AWS, CI/CD and site generation, and a history of migrating legacy systems to modern architectures. As a manager he combines technical depth with mentoring and cross-team collaboration, having trained engineers and run in-person engineering summits. His background includes running a small development shop and game development work in Unity, which gives him practical product and ops instincts beyond pure backend engineering. Based in Fleet, England, he brings a pragmatic focus on shipping reliable, documented systems and improving developer experience.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Woking CollegeFdSc Computer Science, websites, networking, programming, maths, FdSc Computer Science, websites, networking, programming, maths at University of SurreyBishop David Brown
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
static-site-generator10
api-documentation10
go10
file-upload10
deployment-automation10
database-connection9
content-management-system9
json9
python9
content-management9
react9
cicd8
hugo7
css7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/documentation
Jun 2017 - Jan 2023
The source for Datadog's documentation site.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:348 reviews, 1587 commits, 755 PRs in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to client-side updates, including modifications to Javascript and configuration files. They updated code related to Datadog browser logs and RUM. The user also worked on example outputs and schema table structure, indicating a focus on API documentation. Additionally, they contributed to build configurations.
wikihugodatadogdocumentation-site
gohugoio/hugo
Mar 2020 - Oct 2022
The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:4 commits, 5 PRs, 21 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:David focused on enhancing the deployment functionality of the Hugo static site generator. Their contributions include implementing include/exclude support for remote deployments, adding parameters for menu customization, and improving the handling of MD5 checksums for file uploads. Additionally, the user addressed a nil pointer issue in shortcode rendering and optimized parallel file transfers during deployment.
cmshugoblog-enginedocumentation-toolfastest
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