Overview
We’re a new team building AI‑assisted tools to make Datadog developers more effective by autonomously generating tests, fixing bugs, and improving performance. We’re looking for a product‑mindful generalist to help us quickly define and ship products that make all Datadog customers 10x developers. At Datadog, we value office culture, collaboration, and creativity. We operate as a hybrid workplace to enable work‑life harmony.
Responsibilities- Work closely with users, designers, PMs, and data scientists on cutting‑edge, delightful LLM‑based agents.
- Develop prompts, evaluations, and agent tools for working with code, and productionize these systems in Datadog products.
- Prototype, iterate, and ship solutions based on real‑world feedback.
- Follow the latest research on LLM prompting, agents, and code editing.
- Collaborate with other Datadog teams to expand capabilities, such as integrating with Datadog IDE extensions for a Copilot‑like assistant or Dynamic Instrumentation for more runtime data.
- Backend engineer with at least 5 years professional experience (Go, Java, Python) who values code simplicity and performance.
- Shipped production software that uses LLMs.
- Passion for Generative AI and its potential to increase software engineer productivity.
- Experience with large‑scale systems, large‑scale data sets, machine learning, or adjacent fields.
- Community ambassador who can drive technical conversations toward pragmatic solutions.
- Goal‑oriented in fast, high‑growth startup environments that respect engineers and customers.
- Experience writing developer tools such as IDEs, static code analysis tools, or compilers.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools day‑to‑day, validate, critique, and refine AI‑generated output.
- Motivated to push AI boundaries to improve software engineering best practices and build AI‑enabled products.
- Competitive salary and equity package, possibly including variable compensation.
- Compensation based on candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.
- Estimated yearly salary: $187,000 — $240,000 USD.
- Competitive global benefits, healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health support.
- 401(k) plan with match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and discounted employee stock purchase plan.
- Continuous professional development opportunities. xayajpt
- Influential role with impact on product direction and business.
