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, working with product management and AI platform teams to build AI agents and extensible systems, and providing technical guidance across the organization.
There is a tremendous opportunity for broad impact: we aim to set the standard for AI development in observability products, starting in Notebooks and extending to other Datadog products.
Datadog values a collaborative office culture and operates as a hybrid workplace to support work-life harmony.
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
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. 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. 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, fitness reimbursements, and an employee stock purchase plan. The estimated yearly salary for this role is $234,000—$300,000 USD.
About Datadog
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business focused on enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring. We are a professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence driven community. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
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