Manager II, Engineering Applied AI (NorAm)

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Datadogs 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 worlds 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 culturethe 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 Youll 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 Datadogs 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 Datadogs 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. Thats okay. If youre 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.

Required Experience:

Manager