Manager II, Engineering - AI Platform
Data Science
AI Platform
AI
ML
Machine Learning
ML Ops
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.
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
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.
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
Salary: $234,000 - $300,000
Location: New York, NY
Remote: n/a
Company: Datadog
Posted: 2025-05-08