Manager II, Engineering - AI Platform

The AI platform is responsible for all AI infrastructure across Datadog. Our mission is to provide tools and platforms that enable data scientists and engineers to conduct large-scale training and inference with ease. We support products such as Bits AI, LLMObs and all our AI research. 

You’ll join a new and fast growing team that is critical to the future of Datadog. You will support building and scaling the team, help define our technical vision and help shape the roadmap. You will manage other managers and help define the future structure of our organization, participating in the recruitment of the future managers and ICs of the department. 

You’ll work closely with partner teams in the AI platform organization ensuring a seamless AI development cycle. You’ll also partner with the Applied AI org and with Datadog infrastructure & tooling teams to build out systems from the ground up. 

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do: 

• Lead a fast-growing organization of 20-25 people 
• You will define the roadmap for your scope and work with ICs and managers to establish the technical direction 
• Collaborate with the engineering team and product manager to define the future of the roadmap 
• Create a strong organizational culture centered around our engineering standards and customer- focused approach
• Support the whole lifecycle of AI development, including model training, serving, deployment and monitoring

Who You Are: 

• An experienced engineer with previous experience building ML/AI platforms and running MLOps
• You have designed, built and launched AI Platforms from 0 to 1, with an emphasis on Open Source Tooling (i.e. Ray / AnyScale), versus pure out-of-the-box solutions
• A technical leader with a strong bias for delivery and impact, and the ability to work through ambiguity
• A strong leader with good interpersonal skills and the ability to manage stakeholders and build strong relationships 
• An experienced engineer and team player with strong technical skills to influence the technical direction of your teams
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience

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 mental 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.

To conform to US export control regulations, candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations, some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.