Director, User Research - Product Design

🏢 Summary: Leadership role to build and scale a 0→1 ML/AI platform enabling large-scale model training and inference across the organization. The position drives technical vision, roadmap, and organizational structure while overseeing multiple teams and managers. It covers the full AI lifecycle, from training and serving to deployment and monitoring, using open-source tooling. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience building 0→1 ML/AI platforms, Hands-on experience with open-source ML infrastructure (e.g., Ray, AnyScale), Strong technical background in large-scale training and inference systems, Experience managing managers and leading multiple engineering teams, Proven record of delivering production-grade AI systems, Experience defining technical vision and roadmap for AI platforms, Experience supporting full AI lifecycle: training, serving, deployment, monitoring 📃 Skills: Python, Ray, AnyScale, ML, AI, OpenSource, Training, Inference, Deployment, Monitoring, Infrastructure, Platforms 🏢 Description: The AI platform is responsible for all AI infrastructure across Datadog. Our mission is to provide tools and platforms that enable data scientists and engineers to conduct large-scale training and inference with ease. We support products such as Bits AI, LLMObs and all our AI research. You’ll join a new and fast growing team that is critical to the future of Datadog. You will support building and scaling the team, help define our technical vision and help shape the roadmap. You will manage other managers and help define the future structure of our organization, participating in the recruitment of the future managers and ICs of the department. You’ll work closely with partner teams in the AI platform organization ensuring a seamless AI development cycle. You’ll also partner with the Applied AI org, product engineering teams, and Datadog infrastructure & tooling teams to build out systems from the ground up. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Lead a fast-growing organization around 20 people across 2 teams soon to be 3. You will define the roadmap for your scope and work with ICs and managers to establish the technical direction Collaborate with the engineering team and product manager to define the future of the roadmap Create a strong organizational culture centered around our engineering standards and customer- focused approach Support the whole lifecycle of AI development, including model training, serving, deployment and monitoring Who You Are: You’ve led teams that have built 0 to 1 ML/AI Platforms, with an emphasis on Open Source Tooling (i.e. Ray / AnyScale), versus pure out-of-the-box solutions. An experienced engineer and team player with strong technical skills to influence the technical direction of your teams A people leader with strong interpersonal skills, who has built and led high-performing software engineering teams, including managing managers Interested in working on an early stage project with many challenges to solve and a fast iteration cycle. You bring a strong bias for delivery and make impact through ambiguity. You have a track record of delivering high-quality software on schedule and collaborating closely with product partners. Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth: 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 Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. #LI-HybridDatadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$234,000—$300,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

🏢 Summary: Leadership role responsible for defining and delivering AI-driven product strategy and roadmap, including embedded and standalone AI capabilities. The position leads a team of product managers and collaborates cross-functionally to build scalable AI observability and security solutions. Focused on driving innovation, data-driven decision-making, and measurable business impact through AI products. 🗂️ Requirements: Proven experience in AI product management, Track record of delivering AI-driven products, Deep knowledge of AI and machine learning, Strong understanding of data science concepts, Experience leading and mentoring product managers, Experience managing complex product roadmaps, Experience collaborating with engineering and data science teams, Ability to drive data-driven product strategy, Experience managing large-scale AI initiatives 📃 Skills: AI, MachineLearning, DataScience, Analytics, Observability, Security, SaaS, ProductManagement, Roadmapping 🏢 Description: The Applied AI Products organization at Datadog is responsible for delivering AI-driven solutions that power the next generation of our product offerings. We are looking for a Director of Product Management to lead and shape the roadmap and delivery of AI-driven product capabilities at Datadog. In this role, you will bring a combination of technical expertise, product management experience, and an understanding of AI technologies to help position Datadog as a leader in the AI observability and security space. You will lead a team of product managers and collaborate with senior leadership in engineering and design. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Own the vision and strategy for AI-driven products, ensuring alignment with overall company goals and customer needs. This will include managing our embed program to enhance the capabilities of existing products as well as developing dedicated and independent AI products. Lead and mentor a team of product managers, helping them grow and advance their careers while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, AI-powered features. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, data science, marketing, and sales to deliver AI product solutions that meet customer needs and business objectives. Identify new opportunities for AI product innovation and drive them from concept to execution, ensuring they have a measurable impact on our customers and the business. Work closely with customers and stakeholders to deeply understand their pain points, ensuring that AI solutions are delivering tangible value and solving real-world problems. Define AI product roadmaps and manage the prioritization of features and initiatives to ensure the team’s efforts are aligned with business goals. Drive a culture of data-driven decision-making by working closely with data science and analytics teams to inform product strategy and validate assumptions. Promote a product-first mindset across the organization, ensuring that the user experience and business value are central to every product decision. Foster a culture of innovation and excellence in AI product development, ensuring that Datadog remains a leader in AI-powered observability and security solutions. Who You Are: You have proven experience in AI product management, with a track record of successfully leading the development and delivery of AI-driven products and solutions. You have deep technical knowledge of AI technologies and a strong understanding of machine learning, data science, and related fields, with the ability to translate these capabilities into compelling product experiences. You have successfully led product teams, including mentoring and developing product managers, while balancing the need for leadership and hands-on execution. You are skilled at prioritizing and delivering complex product roadmaps, balancing short-term needs with long-term strategic goals. You are experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, data science, and business stakeholders, to deliver high-impact AI products. You have a customer-first mindset, always striving to understand and solve customer pain points through innovative AI-driven solutions. You are a strong communicator and influencer, capable of building relationships with senior leadership, engineering teams, and external stakeholders to drive alignment and move initiatives forward. You have a proven ability to manage large-scale AI product initiatives, balancing technical feasibility, user experience, and business impact. If you’re passionate about shaping the future of AI products and driving innovation at scale, we’d love to hear from you! Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That’s okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your experience, we encourage you to apply. Benefits & Growth: New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ Competitive global benefits Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$300,000—$385,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

🏢 Summary: Senior Staff Engineer role focused on leading the design and evolution of large-scale distributed systems and data infrastructure supporting high-growth, high-throughput observability platforms. The position combines deep hands-on technical contribution with cross-team architectural leadership and long-term technical strategy ownership. You will drive high-impact initiatives such as distributed storage engines, real-time streaming infrastructure, and large-scale system re-architecture. 🗂️ Requirements: BS/MS/PhD in scientific field or equivalent experience, 10+ years backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems engineering experience, 4+ years leading complex cross-team technical initiatives, Proven design and delivery of large-scale distributed systems, Expertise in distributed storage, event streaming, networking, data infrastructure, or observability, Experience optimizing performance and reliability in high-scale systems, Ability to define architecture across multiple teams, Experience with AI coding tools and validation of AI-generated code 📃 Skills: DistributedSystems, Backend, Infrastructure, DistributedStorage, EventStreaming, Networking, DataInfrastructure, Observability, SystemDesign, Architecture, PerformanceOptimization, Reliability, Scalability, AI 🏢 Description: About Datadog: We're on a mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at high scale—trillions of data points per day—providing always-on alerting, metrics visualization, logs, and application tracing for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way. The Opportunity: Datadog’s Senior Staff Engineers are technical leaders operating at the forefront of large-scale systems design, building the infrastructure that will support our next five years of growth and beyond. They do this in three major ways: As individual contributors, they bring world-class technical depth to build industry-leading systems in areas such as observability data platforms, distributed query engines, and real-time event streaming at global scale. As technical leaders, they apply broad architectural perspective and deep systems thinking to align design decisions across teams and domains. They work across complex, multi-team problem spaces to define long-term technical direction, drive large-scale initiatives forward, and ensure consistent execution. As engineering stewards, they play a key role in evolving our systems and engineering culture. They actively participate in Datadog’s senior technical community, bringing external insights and internal experience to elevate engineering standards and mentor the next generation of technical leaders. Examples of projects a Senior Staff Engineer may lead include designing and launching a new distributed data storage engine capable of handling hundreds of millions of records per second, building the real-time infrastructure behind a new observability product, or re-architecting a core service to support exponential growth in throughput and complexity. What You’ll Do: Be the technical owner of multiple critical systems or architecture areas, often spanning several teams or product lines. Drive the design and delivery of high-scale, high-impact projects, from vision to execution in production. Build consensus and alignment across stakeholders on key architectural decisions and long-term strategy. Deeply investigate and optimize performance, reliability, and efficiency in large-scale distributed systems. Collaborate with Staff Engineers, Directors, and VPs across the company to shape Datadog’s technical roadmap. Guide teams through ambiguity, scaling challenges, and evolving requirements with clear technical direction. Actively mentor engineers and influence engineering culture through leadership in design reviews, technical talks, and working groups. Who You Are: You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent practical experience. You have 10+ years of backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems engineering experience. You have 4+ years of experience leading complex technical initiatives and cross-team projects.You have designed and delivered systems that are deeply technical, highly reliable, and serve critical business needs. You can navigate and make progress in ambiguous problem spaces, identifying the right problems to solve. You have exceptional communication skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders around a shared technical vision. You have deep expertise in one or more core systems domains—such as distributed storage, event streaming, networking, data infrastructure, or large-scale observability—and broad awareness of adjacent areas. You care about getting things right, not just getting them done, and you raise the bar for engineering quality around you. You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output Bonus: You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth: Get to build tools for software engineers, just like yourself. And use the tools we build to accelerate our development. Have a lot of influence on product direction and impact on the business . Work with skilled, knowledgeable, and kind teammates who are happy to teach and learn Competitive global benefits Continuous professional development Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. #LI-HybridDatadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$272,000—$340,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

🏢 Summary: Engineering leadership role focused on building and operating production LLM-based systems that understand and safely modify code, enabling automated fixes, CI/PR automation, and AI-assisted development workflows. The role drives technical direction, reliability, evaluation, and end-to-end delivery of code generation services integrated with observability and infrastructure. It combines hands-on system design with team leadership to ship secure, high-quality AI-powered code automation features. 🗂️ Requirements: Proven experience building and deploying LLM-based systems in production, Experience managing software engineers or applied scientists, Strong proficiency in Python and Go, Strong understanding of machine learning theory and statistics, Experience designing production-grade ML and data pipelines, Experience with model evaluation and monitoring in production, Experience with CI/CD and production reliability practices (SLIs/SLOs, on-call), Ability to ensure determinism and reproducibility in model and infrastructure workflows, Experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering, security, and SRE teams 📃 Skills: Python, Go, LLM, MachineLearning, Statistics, CI/CD, SRE, Telemetry, ModelServing, DataPipelines, Observability, Infrastructure, Parsers, Evaluation, Monitoring 🏢 Description: Datadog’s CodeGen team builds systems that use AI to read, understand, generate, and safely change real code — powering automated fixes, CI/PR automation, agentic remediation, and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows. The team ties code understanding to observability so assistants can explain problems and produce safe, auditable code changes. We’re a new team building AI-assisted tools to make Datadog developers more effective, by autonomously generating tests, fixing bugs, and improving performance. We’re looking for a product-minded generalist to help us quickly define and ship products that make all Datadog customers 10x developers. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Lead a team of engineers responsible for building production systems that enable code understanding and automated code changes — from parsers and telemetry ingestion to model serving, evaluation, and PR automation. Drive technical direction and execution: set a clear roadmap, prioritize work, remove blockers, and raise quality and reliability bar for codegen features (safety, correctness, performance). Partner with product, applied research, infra/SRE, security, and other engineering teams to ship end-to-end experiences that safely apply model outputs (PRs, CI checks, automated apply flows). Build and maintain robust evaluation and monitoring pipelines (offline and online) to measure model quality, drift, and downstream correctness of code changes. Own hiring, performance development, 1:1s, and career growth for your reports; grow a high-performing, inclusive team. Be accountable for production readiness: on-call expectations, postmortems, SLIs/SLOs, and operational playbooks for codegen services. Maintain engineering rigor around data pipelines, model inputs, determinism, reproducibility, and reproducible CI/CD for model + infra changes. Who You Are: 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, with a track record of delivering high-quality products Strong software development skills and proficiency in Python and Go Strong understanding of machine learning theory, statistics, and fundamentals Excellent communication abilities to convey complex technical concepts clearly A collaborative mindset and proven experience in working in cross-functional teams A proactive approach with a passion for continuous learning and innovation Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits & Growth: 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 Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. #LI-HybridDatadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$187,000—$240,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

🏢 Summary: Senior Product Manager role focused on driving the vision, roadmap, and growth of a collaborative data exploration and documentation product within a large observability suite. The position involves working closely with technical customers and cross-functional teams to deliver data visualization and analytics features for enterprise users. The role combines product strategy, data analysis, and domain expertise in monitoring and business intelligence. 🗂️ Requirements: 5+ years of B2B SaaS Product Management experience, Experience in enterprise software for technical audiences, Domain knowledge of data visualization, data insights or business intelligence, Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret complex data, Ability to work with cross-functional technical teams, Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Visualization, Data Engineering or equivalent experience 📃 Skills: SaaS, ProductManagement, DataVisualization, BusinessIntelligence, DataAnalysis, EnterpriseSoftware, Monitoring, Observability 🏢 Description: Datadog Notebooks provide customers with a collaborative surface for ad-hoc data-exploration, technical documentation, incident postmortems, runbooks and advanced data analysis. Think of it as if Google doc / Notion and jupyter notebooks had a baby. As a Senior Product Manager, Notebooks, you will engage directly with customers to gather their requirements, and collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering Leaders from multiple internal teams to augment the shared capabilities of our 20+ product suite. You will operate at the intersection of documentation, collaboration, data visualization, observability and business intelligence. Notebooks are used by a fairly small but growing and passionate set of our user base, and there’s tremendous potential to grow it to new heights. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds, and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What you’ll do: Drive an ambitious product vision and roadmap for Notebooks Partner with customers and understand our users (software developers, ops engineers) deeply; design solutions they find intuitive and delightful Scope, spec, and design new features, working with a cross-functional team of product managers, product designers, engineers, and analysts to achieve product-market fit for new initiatives Continuously monitor product performance, analyze key metrics, and iterate on the product to optimize user experience and business impact Work with marketing and customer success teams to evangelize new features and services that are easy to use and understand Independently research the market and competition Immerse yourself in everything monitoring (theory, applications, best practices) and pour your expertise and ideas back into building a great product Who you are: You have 5+ years of experience in B2B SaaS Product Management Experience in enterprise software serving a technical audience and / or data visualization / analysis software is a strong plus You have domain knowledge of data visualization, data insights or business intelligence You have a strong sense of ownership with an entrepreneurial spirit with a bias for action and business results, able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex data and derive actionable insights to drive product strategy You have sharp communication skills and the willingness to present your ideas to technical stakeholders and executives alike You have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Visualization, Data Engineering or equivalent experience. Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits & Growth: Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space Continuous career development and pathing opportunities for internal mobility Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Free global mental health benefit through Spring Health Generous global benefits Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. #LI-HybridDatadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$187,000—$240,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

🏢 Summary: Lead and grow the Source Security team, driving the roadmap for securing code contributions through static analysis and LLM-based review systems. The role combines hands-on technical work with team leadership to ensure secure source code management, CI environments, and scalable supply chain security. You will collaborate cross-functionally to embed robust security controls into development workflows and coding agent ecosystems. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience managing distributed engineering teams, Proficiency in modern programming languages (Python, Go, or JavaScript), Experience with continuous security scanning and SAST rule tuning, Experience with LLM-based coding tools, Experience with source code management platforms, Experience integrating security into CI pipelines, Ability to contribute hands-on to security engineering initiatives, Experience with incident response and on-call processes 📃 Skills: Python, Go, JavaScript, SAST, LLM, GitHub, GitLab, CI, DevSecOps, Fuzzing, Sandboxing, DevOps, SCM 🏢 Description: About Datadog We're on a mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at a high scale - trillions of data points per day — providing always-on alerting, metrics visualization, logs, and application tracing for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way. The Opportunity We are looking for a manager to lead the Source Security team within our broader SDLC Security org. This team is responsible for evaluating the security properties of every single commit at Datadog using a combination of static analysis and LLM based review systems, as well as the governance of our source code and third party dependency ecosystem. You will own the roadmap for growing our existing agentic reviewers (you can read more about this work here and here), working to maintain the safety and reliability of our systems while the volume of contributions scales dramatically with our adoption of coding agents. You’ll partner with our developer experience organizations on securing our source code and CI environments, and our product teams on making sure that our security controls scale and that the best practices we develop internally are reflected for our customers as well. You’ll join at an ideal time to make a big impact as the need for robust supply chain security is higher than it’s ever been. Datadog as a platform is growing fast and is used very widely, and the continued and exciting expansion of our product portfolio requires agile thinkers with a deep grounding in security fundamentals. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds, and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Lead a small team, working as a hands on technical contributor while building out the roadmap for evaluating the safety of coding agent output using a combination of static analysis and LLM evaluations. Partner with our Developer Experience teams on the configuration of our source code management solutions, ensuring secure guardrails are in place by default. Explore solutions in the coding agent security space such as sandboxing and hook based monitors. Guide and mentor a team of security and software engineers, emphasizing career development, inclusivity, and high performance. Take a pragmatic, risk-based approach to complex technical problems and work with your team to produce well-defined and actionable plans. Balance your time between management and hands-on technical work. Participate in Datadog’s oncall and incident response efforts. Have a direct impact on users and the overall trust of our platform. Who You Are: Experienced managing an engineering team distributed across multiple timezones. Fluent in one or more modern coding languages (Python, Go, JavaScript, etc.) Familiar with continuous security scanning and fine-tuning SAST rules and methodology, as well as AI based coding tools such as Claude, Codex, and Cursor Familiar with Github, Gitlab, or other modern source code management and CI solutions You are able to work closely with engineering and DevOps teams to integrate security seamlessly into the development process. An excellent communicator and collaborator, able to work effectively through complex technical problems with a diverse group of stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast paced, high growth environment, and able to adapt strategies and solutions in response to emerging challenges and opportunities. Bonus Points: Passionate about building products that engineers love and believe in the true outcome of DevSecOps Familiar with formal verification, fuzzing, or code correctness methodologies Experience productionizing LLM based or agentic workflows Familiar with product workflows, and building security into the user experience Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth: 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 Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. #LI-HybridDatadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$240,000—$305,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

🏢 Summary: Leadership role responsible for defining and executing the product vision and strategy for Containers and Kubernetes observability within a large-scale SaaS platform. The position oversees a team of product managers and drives AI-powered capabilities to help customers operate, secure, and optimize containerized environments. Focused on building scalable, integrated platform features deeply connected with metrics, logs, traces, security, and CI/CD workflows. 🗂️ Requirements: 8+ years B2B SaaS product management experience, 2+ years managing product managers, Deep expertise in containers and Kubernetes ecosystems, Experience building AI/ML-powered product features, Strong technical background working with large-scale data systems, Experience with observability or infrastructure platforms, Experience building platform or shared infrastructure products, Ability to collaborate closely with engineering on scalable systems 📃 Skills: Kubernetes, Containers, Observability, AI, MachineLearning, Telemetry, CI/CD, Metrics, Logs, Tracing, Security, SaaS, Cloud, Infrastructure 🏢 Description: At Datadog, we're on a mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at massive scale—trillions of data points per day—enabling seamless collaboration and problem-solving across Dev, Ops, and Security teams for tens of thousands of customers worldwide. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way. The Containers product group sits at the core of Datadog’s Infrastructure business and powers a significant portion of Datadog’s revenue. As modern infrastructure continues to shift toward Kubernetes and containerized workloads, this group is responsible for helping customers operate, secure, and optimize their most critical production environments—reliably and at scale. In this role, you will define the long-term vision and strategy for Datadog’s Containers & Live processes products, spanning Kubernetes observability, container runtime visibility, workload health, and the operational workflows that infrastructure teams rely on every day. You will lead a team of product managers building foundational platform capabilities used by thousands of customers running mission-critical workloads in production. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture—the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Lead and grow a team of product managers responsible for Datadog’s Containers and Kubernetes product portfolio. Own the product vision, roadmap, and execution for containers observability, ensuring the products continue to drive meaningful customer value and significant Infra revenue. Define and drive the next generation of Containers products by applying AI and machine learning to help customers understand, operate, and troubleshoot complex containerized systems automatically. Co-define and build the next generation of containers and Kubernetes capabilities as part of the Datadog unified platform, deeply integrated with metrics, logs, traces, security, and CI/CD workflows. Partner closely with engineering leadership to deliver platform-level capabilities that scale across products and customers. Collaborate with other Datadog product teams (APM, Logs, Network, Cloud, Security, Serverless) to improve cross-product workflows and help customers troubleshoot faster and operate with confidence. Work with go-to-market, sales, customer success, and support teams to shape positioning, packaging, and launch strategies for new Containers features. Represent Containers product strategy internally and externally, helping align leadership around priorities and long-term bets. Who You Are: Experience: 8+ years of B2B SaaS product management experience, with 2+ years managing and developing a team of product managers. Domain Expertise: Deep familiarity with containers and Kubernetes ecosystems, including how modern infrastructure teams build, deploy, and operate production workloads. Leadership: Proven ability to hire, mentor, and scale high-performing product teams while setting clear direction and expectations. Customer Partnership: Experience working closely with enterprise customers operating complex, large-scale infrastructure. Technical Credibility: Strong technical background that enables effective collaboration with senior engineers and earns trust with highly technical customers.AI Product Fluency: Experience incorporating AI or machine learning into customer-facing products, or strong intuition for where AI can meaningfully improve workflows, decision-making, and automation for infrastructure teams. Data & Systems Thinking: Comfort working with large-scale data systems and understanding how telemetry, signals, and models can be combined to generate actionable insights. Platform Thinking: Experience building foundational platform products or shared infrastructure that supports multiple use cases and teams. Product Craft: Strong track record of shipping impactful products by working closely with design and engineering, balancing usability, performance, scale, and trust. Cross-Functional Influence: Ability to lead complex, cross-team initiatives and align stakeholders across product, engineering, data, and go-to-market functions. Datadog values people from all walks of life. We know not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That’s okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your experience, we encourage you to apply. Benefits & Growth: New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ Competitive global benefits Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. #LI-HybridDatadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$234,000—$300,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

🏢 Summary: Engineering Manager role leading the Evaluation & Annotation team within an AI platform, focused on AI model evaluation, human annotation tooling, and synthetic dataset standards. The position combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering to build scalable AI infrastructure for training and inference. You will define technical roadmap, scale the team, and collaborate across AI, data, and infrastructure teams. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience leading software engineering teams, Strong backend engineering experience, Strong data engineering experience, Infrastructure engineering experience, Experience with AI model evaluation workflows, Experience designing data pipelines and storage systems, Hands-on coding and conducting code reviews, Ability to use and validate AI coding tools in development workflows 📃 Skills: AI, LLM, Backend, Data, Infrastructure, Evaluation, Annotation, Pipelines, Storage, Python, Git 🏢 Description: The AI platform is responsible for all AI infrastructure across Datadog. Our mission is to provide tools and platforms that enable data scientists and engineers to conduct large-scale training and inference with ease. We support products such as Bits AI, LLMObs and all our AI research. As an engineering manager for the Evaluation & Annotation team, you’ll join a new and fast growing team and organization. You will support building and scaling the team, define our technical vision and help shape the roadmap. Your team will lead the charge on multiple critical technical challenges: AI model evaluation both offline and online, designing tooling and processes around human annotation, and establishing the standard around synthetics and AI generated datasets. You’ll work closely with sister teams in the AI platform organization ensuring a seamless AI development cycle. You’ll also partner with the Applied AI org and with Datadog infrastructure & tooling teams to build out systems from the ground up. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Manage and grow the Evaluation & Annotation team, directly managing 6-8 engineers Define our technical roadmap in alignment with AI platform goals and the Applied AI team roadmap. Work with our core platform teams to tailor Datadog's storage and data pipelines to our needs Create a strong team culture aligned with our engineering standards and our customer focus Participate in hands-on work: Code reviews, design reviews and some coding Who You Are: A Software Engineer at heart with a previous experience leading software engineering teams, as a tech lead or people manager Excellent leader with strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to build and lead high-performing teams Interested in working on an early stage project with many challenges to solve and a fast iteration cycle You build strong partnerships with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and science, and skillfully coordinate among multiple stakeholders You have a track record of delivering high-quality software on schedule and making decisions in ambiguous and fast-paced environments Strong technician with a mix of backend, data engineer and infrastructure experience who is interested in remaining a hands-on leader Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output Bonus: You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth: 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 Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$187,000—$240,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

🏢 Summary: Leadership role responsible for setting technical vision and delivering AI-powered products across the platform, from research and model development to production operations. The position oversees multiple teams building ML models, agentic systems, and conversational AI solutions at large scale. It combines hands-on AI expertise with organizational leadership to drive end-to-end AI strategy and operational excellence. 🗂️ Requirements: Strong background in AI, Machine Learning, or Data Science, Proven experience building and shipping ML or AI products in production, Experience leading multiple engineering and applied science teams, Deep expertise in LLMs, agentic systems, anomaly detection, time-series modeling, NLP, RAG, or ML infrastructure, Experience owning ML systems from data pipelines to deployment and operations, Ability to define technical strategy and partner with Product, BS/MS/PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience 📃 Skills: MachineLearning, DataScience, LLMs, NLP, RAG, AnomalyDetection, TimeSeries, MLInfrastructure, ConversationalAI, AgenticSystems, DataPipelines, ModelTraining, ModelDeployment, MLOps 🏢 Description: Datadog's Applied AI group builds AI foundations and AI-powered features across the Datadog platform. We train ML models, build agents, and ship natural language interfaces that help thousands of customers detect problems, investigate incidents, and act on their infrastructure. Our teams work with some of the world's richest observability data, hundreds of trillions of data points per day, to build production AI at real scale. Our work spans ML models, agentic systems, conversational AI, foundation models, and the infrastructure that supports them. As a Manager II, you will lead multiple teams of engineers, applied scientists, and managers in this space. You own the technical direction and the team culture. You drive work from research through production, partner with product to set priorities, and help shape how Datadog uses AI to close the loop between detecting a problem and fixing it. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture—the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do: Lead and grow multiple teams of engineers, applied scientists, and managers working on AI-powered features across the Datadog platform Set technical vision and strategy for your area in partnership with Product Ship AI products end-to-end, from data pipelines and model training through evaluation, deployment, and production operations Coach and develop senior engineers and managers, building a culture of high performance, psychological safety, and clear feedback Drive collaboration across Applied AI, product, and partner engineering teams to deliver on Datadog's AI priorities Build evaluation and quality practices for AI systems, offline benchmarks, online metrics, and continuous improvement loops Own operational excellence for your teams' systems: reliability, on-call, incident response, and technical quality Hire and plan for organizational growth as the AI group scales Help shape Datadog's broader AI roadmap and promote best practices in ML engineering and career development across the organization Who You Are: An experienced technical leader with a strong background in AI, machine learning, or data science Proven track record building and shipping ML or AI-powered products in production Experience leading and mentoring multiple teams, including senior engineers and engineering managers Deep technical expertise in one or more areas: large language models, agentic systems, anomaly detection, time-series modeling, NLP, retrieval-augmented generation, or ML infrastructure Comfortable partnering with Product to set vision and strategy, and turning ambiguous problems into clear plans A strong people manager who can attract, develop, and retain top AI and engineering talent BS/MS/PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you're passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth: New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ Competitive global benefits Giving programs Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$234,000—$300,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

🏢 Summary: Engineering Manager role leading a team building LLM-powered natural language interfaces and conversational AI systems for querying telemetry data and configuring platforms. The position focuses on delivering high-quality NLQ, retrieval, and agentic AI capabilities, while driving evaluation, iteration, and operational excellence. It combines hands-on technical leadership with ownership of AI product delivery in a hybrid work environment. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience building and shipping LLM-powered products or conversational AI systems, Strong expertise in AI, Machine Learning, or NLP systems, Hands-on knowledge of LLMs, RAG, semantic search, or agentic systems, Experience designing evaluation pipelines for AI systems, Ability to balance accuracy, latency, cost, and safety in AI systems, Experience leading and mentoring engineers or applied scientists, Ability to collaborate with Product on ambiguous AI problems, Degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience 📃 Skills: Python, LLM, NLP, RAG, MachineLearning, DeepLearning, SemanticSearch, AgenticSystems, Evaluation 🏢 Description: Datadog's Applied AI group is building the AI capabilities that transform how users interact with our platform. Our Natural Language Query (NLQ) and Command-I (Cmd-I) teams are at the forefront of this transformation, enabling users to query telemetry data, investigate production issues, and configure Datadog through natural language and intelligent conversational agents. As an Engineering Manager I in Applied AI, you will lead a team of engineers and applied scientists building natural language interfaces and conversational AI systems. Your teams will work on challenges spanning LLM-powered query translation, context-aware retrieval systems, agentic architectures, and evaluation frameworks. You will guide technical execution, support team growth, and collaborate across engineering, product, and research to deliver AI experiences that fundamentally change how customers use Datadog. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture, the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do Lead and develop a team of engineers and applied scientists building NLQ translation systems, conversational agents, or AI-powered interfaces Own the delivery of high-quality natural language capabilities, from semantic understanding and contextual retrieval to query generation and agentic reasoning Build products that create data flywheels: design systems that capture user intent and feedback to continuously improve model quality and train differentiating capabilities Drive evaluation and iteration practices for AI systems, including building offline and online evaluation pipelines to measure quality and detect drift Partner with product managers and cross-functional teams to expand AI capabilities across the Datadog platform Navigate the unique challenges of shipping LLM-powered products: balancing accuracy, latency, cost, and safety considerations Support career growth for engineers through coaching, feedback, and fostering a culture of experimentation, innovation, and learning Drive day-to-day execution and promote high standards for operational excellence, system reliability, and technical quality Participate in hiring and help shape the future team as the organization grows Contribute to cross-team collaboration and knowledge sharing across the broader AI organization Who You Are A technical leader with experience in AI, machine learning, or NLP systems Proven experience building and shipping LLM-powered products, conversational AI, or natural language interfaces A product builder who thinks beyond features, designing systems that generate data, learn from usage, and compound in value over time Experience leading and mentoring engineers; ready to grow into broader leadership responsibilities Strong technical expertise in one or more areas: large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, agentic systems, deep learning, or NLP Comfortable working with Product to break down ambiguous problems, foster an experimental culture and iterate quickly on AI systems where quality is probabilistic Familiarity with evaluation methodologies for AI systems, both offline benchmarks and online metrics A people-focused manager able to develop and support strong engineering talent in a fast-moving domain BS/MS/PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one — that's okay. If you're passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing An inclusive company culture with the ability to join Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ Competitive global benefits Giving programs Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. #LI-HybridDatadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$187,000—$240,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center. Equal Opportunity at Datadog: Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Privacy and AI Guidelines: Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.