Manager I, Engineering - AI Platform - Evaluation & Annotation

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

As an engineering manager for the Evaluation & Annotation team, you’ll join a new and fast growing team and organization. You will support building and scaling the team, define our technical vision and help shape the roadmap. Your team will lead the charge on multiple critical technical challenges: AI model evaluation both offline and online, designing tooling and processes around human annotation, and establishing the standard around synthetics and AI generated datasets.

What it asks for · 6

• A Software Engineer at heart with a previous experience leading software engineering teams, as a tech lead or people manager
• Excellent leader with strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to build and lead high-performing teams
• Interested in working on an early stage project with many challenges to solve and a fast iteration cycle
• You have a track record of delivering high-quality software on schedule and collaborating closely with product partners.
• Strong technician with a mix of backend, data engineer and infrastructure experience who is interested in remaining a hands-on leader
• 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.

What the job covers

• Manage and grow the Evaluation & Annotation team, directly managing 4-6 engineers
• Define our technical roadmap in alignment with AI platform goals and the Applied AI team roadmap.
• Work with our core platform teams to tailor Datadog's storage and data pipelines to our needs
• Create a strong team culture aligned with our engineering standards and our customer focus
• Participate in hands-on work: Code reviews, design reviews and some coding

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Words the posting leans on

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• hands-on4×
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• technical4×
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