Manager I, Engineering (AI)

TL;DR

Manager I, Engineering (AI): Leading a team building AI-assisted tools for code understanding, generation, and automated code changes, powering automated fixes and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows with an accent on safely applying model outputs. Focus on maintaining engineering rigor around data pipelines, model inputs, determinism, and reproducibility for model and infra changes.

Location: Hybrid in New York, New York, USA.

Salary: $187,000—$240,000 USD

Company

Datadog is a global SaaS business delivering a combination of growth and profitability, enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of customers’ entire technology stacks.

What you will do

• Lead a team of engineers building production systems that enable code understanding and automated code changes.
• Drive technical direction and execution, setting a clear roadmap and prioritizing work.
• Partner with product, applied research, and other engineering teams to ship end-to-end experiences that safely apply model outputs.
• Build and maintain robust evaluation and monitoring pipelines to measure model quality.
• Own hiring, performance development, and career growth for your reports.
• Be accountable for production readiness and maintain engineering rigor around data pipelines.

Requirements

• Proven experience in software engineering and applied science, with a focus on engineering LLM-based systems in production.
• Demonstrated experience managing small teams of software engineers and/or applied scientists.
• Strong software development skills and proficiency in Python and Go.
• Strong understanding of machine learning theory and statistics.
• Excellent communication abilities to convey complex technical concepts clearly.
• A collaborative mindset and experience in working in cross-functional teams.

Culture & Benefits

• New hire stock equity and employee stock purchase plan.
• Continuous professional development and career pathing.
• Inclusive company culture with community guilds.
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents.
• Competitive global benefits including healthcare, dental, and parental planning.
• 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements.