Senior Staff GenAI Engineer - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
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.
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Senior Staff GenAI Engineer - Application Performance Monitoring (APM) 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. 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.
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- 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.
What a strong candidate brings
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- Actively mentor engineers and influence engineering culture through leadership in design reviews, technical talks, and working groups.
- 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
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- Get to build tools for software engineers, just like yourself. And use the tools we build to accelerate our development.
- Have a lot of influence on product direction and impact on the business .
- Work with skilled, knowledgeable, and kind teammates who are happy to teach and learn
- Competitive global benefits
- Continuous professional development
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