Staff Software Engineer - AI Platforms
Staff Software Engineer - AI Platforms
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Job Description
The Opportunity
Were looking for a Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in ML infrastructure and evaluation to join Datadogs AI Platforms team. This team is responsible for building the foundation that empowers AI and ML development across the company enabling teams to prototype evaluate deploy and monitor models at scale. From model experimentation to evaluation and inference were designing the core building blocks that make AI reliable observable and performant across all Datadog products.
In this role youll serve as a technical leader within the AI Platforms organization with a particular focus on model evaluation. Youll collaborate with AI researchers platform engineers and product teams to build scalable systems that support evaluation of model and agent at scale. Were looking for a systems-minded engineer who understands ML fundamentals and thrives in fast-paced high-scale environments.
At Datadog we place value in ur 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 Youll Do:
- Act as a technical leader on the AI Platforms team focused on building robust ML infrastructure and evaluation systems.
- Design and implement scalable reproducible and easy-to-use evaluation frameworks that will power the AI platform
- Build backend systems to power large-scale model experimentation leveraging and Datadog in house tooling
- Develop tooling and infrastructure to support dataset versioning model evaluation and test set management across multiple use cases.
- Collaborate closely with AI researchers and application teams to enable rapid iteration and rigorous evaluation.
- Guide technical direction across multiple projects ensuring scalability reliability and long-term maintainability.
- Mentor other engineers contribute to design reviews and help shape the culture of the AI Platforms team.
Who You Are:
- You have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
- 10 years of relevant engineering experience including backend systems and platform-level infrastructure.
- Deep experience building ML infrastructure or ML platforms that support training evaluation and deployment at scale.
- Strong understanding of machine learning principles and familiarity with model evaluation workflows and challenges.
- Proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and operate in high-ambiguity environments.
- Experience building and operating production-grade systems using modern cloud infrastructure (e.g. Kubernetes GCP AWS etc.).
- Youre product-minded collaborative and thrive in fast-paced environments.
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. Thats okay. If youre 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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
