Senior Staff GenAI Engineer - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as technical owner for GenAI initiatives within APM, leading design, development, and deployment of ML/AI-powered features across multiple teams.
• Guide long-term strategy and technical direction for GenAI workflows across APM and related products.
• Build and benchmark GenAI/ML models using state-of-the-art techniques.
• Contribute to Datadog’s broader senior engineering community through thought leadership and collaboration.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build automated investigation and triaging tools.
• Influence product direction with a strong product mindset, advocating for end users.
• Guide teams through ambiguity, scaling challenges, and evolving requirements.
• Actively mentor engineers and influence engineering culture through design reviews, technical talks, and working groups.

Who You Are:

• BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience, including 4+ years leading cross-team technical initiatives.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale GenAI/ML initiatives in a product-driven environment.
• Highly proficient in model development, deployment, evaluation, and optimization, with hands-on experience in end-to-end ML systems.
• Ability to drive initiatives across cross-functional teams and solve ambiguous challenges.
• Passionate about mentoring and cultivating high-performing engineering culture.
• Excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance coding, problem-solving, and building.

Benefits and Growth:

• Build tools for software engineers and use them to accelerate development.
• Influence product direction and business impact.
• Work with skilled, knowledgeable teammates.
• Competitive global benefits.
• Continuous professional development.