Senior Staff GenAI Engineer - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We’re looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer with deep experience in GenAI/ML to join Datadog’s Application Performance Monitoring (APM) team. APM is a product which provides deep visibility into applications, enabling users to identify performance bottlenecks, troubleshoot issues, and optimize services. With distributed tracing, profiling, out-of-the-box dashboards, and seamless correlation with other telemetry data, Datadog APM provides some of the deepest and most structured visibility into the health and performance of applications. This context sets us up for an opportunity to be the world leaders in agentic investigations and incident troubleshooting.

What it asks for · 8

• You have a 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
• You’re highly proficient in model development, deployment, evaluation, and optimization, with hands-on experience in building end-to-end ML systems.
• Ability to drive initiatives across cross-functional teams, and solve ambiguous challenges
• You are passionate about mentoring others and cultivating a high-performing engineering culture.
• You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output
• Bonus: You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products

What the job covers

• Serve as the 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 on company-wide initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build automated investigation and triaging tools.
• Influence product direction by bringing a strong product mindset to your work, always advocating for the end user.
• Guide teams through ambiguity, scaling challenges, and evolving requirements with clear technical direction.
• Actively mentor engineers and influence engineering culture through leadership in design reviews, technical talks, and working groups.

Degree language

• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience

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Words the posting leans on

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• apm6×
• initiatives6×
• engineering5×
• product5×
• experience4×
• genai/ml4×
• build3×
• design3×
• end3×
• engineer3×
• leading3×
• performance3×
• workflows3×
• agentic2×
• applications2×

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