Senior Staff GenAI Engineer

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner for GenAI initiatives within the APM group, leading the design, development, and deployment of ML/AI-powered features.
• Guide long-term strategy and technical direction for agentic workflows and GenAI across APM and related products.
• Build and benchmark GenAI/ML models using state-of-the-art techniques to drive automated investigations and incident troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build automated investigation and triaging tools.
• Actively mentor engineers and influence engineering culture through design reviews, technical talks, and working groups.
• Influence product direction by bringing a strong product mindset to technical challenges.

Requirements

• BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• 4+ years of experience leading cross-team technical initiatives.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale GenAI/ML initiatives in a product-driven environment.
• High proficiency in model development, deployment, evaluation, and optimization.
• Hands-on experience building end-to-end ML systems.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Motivation to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices.
• Experience contributing to the development of AI-enabled products.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Comprehensive healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits.
• 401(k) plan and company match.
• Paid time off and fitness reimbursements.
• Continuous professional development opportunities.
• Discounted employee stock purchase plan.

About the Company

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. We bring applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.