Manager I, Engineering - AI Platform - Annotation & Evaluation
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.
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Manager I, Engineering - AI Platform - Annotation & Evaluation at Datadog in New York City. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 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.
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- Manage and grow the Evaluation & Annotation team, directly managing 6-8 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
- A Software Engineer at heart with a previous experience leading software engineering teams, as a tech lead or people manager
What a strong candidate brings
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- 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
- 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)
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- 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+
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