Manager I, Engineering

Team Tenets
- **Customer centric innovation**: Always prioritize the needs and feedback of our customers. Our solutions must simplify their challenges and enhance their machine learning journey.
- **User experience matters**: A powerful tool is only as good as its usability. Always strive for intuitive, user-friendly designs that enhance customer engagement.
- **Collaborative excellence**: Every voice matters. Leverage the diverse expertise within our team - software engineering, UX design, product management, applied science - to create well-rounded and effective solutions.
- **End-to-End ownership**: Take responsibility for our creations from ideation to deployment and maintenance. Pride in our work translates to higher quality products.
- **Efficient execution**: Balance innovation with practicality. Prioritize tasks and features that align closely with our mission and offer the most value to our customers.
- **Agility in action**: While planning is essential, the ability to adapt and iterate based on real-world feedback is paramount. Embrace change as an opportunity for improvement.
- **Transparent communication**: Promote open dialogue about challenges, successes, and decisions. Honesty fosters trust and accelerates problem-solving.
- **Scientific rigor**: Ensure that our solutions are backed by solid research and empirical evidence. Prioritize robustness and accuracy in our observability tools.
- **Continuous learning**: Stay updated with the latest advancements in observability for machine learning. Embrace opportunities for professional growth and encourage knowledge-sharing.
- **Ethical responsibility**: Commit to ensuring that our tools promote fairness, transparency, and accountability in AI. Drive ethical considerations in all that we build.

References:

- LLM Observability announcement blog
- Another blog about chaining
- DASH keynotes
- Product documentation
- Hallucination detection
- At Datadog, we place value in our 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 You'll Do**:

- Manage and mentor a team of 3-5 engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment
- Leverage your technical expertise in software engineering to guide the team in building robust and scalable solutions
- Explore and implement new techniques and tools to provide deeper insights into model behavior, drift, fairness, and interpretability
- Engage with senior management and executives, articulating complex technical concepts clearly and precisely
- Stay current with industry trends and advancements in machine learning and observability, driving innovation within the team

**Who You Are**:

- Proven experience in software engineering, with a focus on engineering LLM-based systems
- Demonstrated experience managing small teams of software engineers and/or applied scientists, with a track record of delivering high-quality products
- Strong software development skills and proficiency in Python and Go
- Excellent communication abilities to convey complex technical concepts clearly
- A collaborative mindset and proven experience in working in cross-functional teams
- A proactive approach with a passion for continuous learning and innovation
- Experience in applied science, strong understanding of machine learning theory, statistics, and fundamentals is a bonus
- Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you're 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
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
- Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
- Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
- Competitive global benefits
- Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog._

**About Datadog**:
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers' entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collabo