Staff AI Engineer - Notebooks at Datadog
Datadog Notebooks provide customers with a collaborative surface for ad-hoc data analysis, technical documentation, incident postmortems and runbooks. Our vision is that in Notebooks users can collaborate with each other and with AI agents seamlessly. We are looking for a product-oriented Staff Engineer to lead the development of AI-powered features. In this role you will work closely with product management to envision compelling workflows, coordinate with Datadog’s AI platform teams to leverage internal tools, and build AI agents that can emulate deep technical expertise. You will help our engineers become more skilled and comfortable with AI-oriented development by building extensible systems, establishing standards, and leading by example. As a technical anchor in the organization, you will provide oversight and guidance for our full scope of systems, AI and otherwise.
There is a tremendous opportunity for broad impact: we want to set the standard for AI development in observability products, starting in Notebooks but extending to Datadog’s other products.
What You’ll Do:
Lead the development of high-visibility AI product initiatives
Navigate tradeoffs between time-to-market and feature quality as we iterate towards excellence
Keep up-to-date with standards and best practices in the rapidly evolving AI landscape
Architect, implement and oversee systems from inception through deployment and delivery to customers
Lead the development, maintenance and growth of key services, APIs and user experiences
Provide technical oversight and leadership across organizational boundaries
Mentor and grow other engineers on the team and beyond
Who You Are:
You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
You have 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
You have several years of experience leading cross-team initiatives in product-oriented development
You have strong customer empathy and a drive to make an impact
You have experience building agentic workflows for customer-facing products, or are strongly interested in doing so
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
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 benefits including healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, and more.
Salary : The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is $234,000—$300,000 USD.
About Datadog:
Datadog is a global SaaS company delivering observability, cloud migration and infrastructure monitoring solutions. We value collaboration, diversity of thought, and continuous learning. Learn more about Datadog life on our social channels and Learning Center.
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