Manager II, Engineering - Applied AI

Datadog’s Applied AI group is building the next generation of AI models that power proactive alerting, anomaly detection, text analysis, and event correlation across our platform. Our teams work with some of the world’s richest observability and telemetry datasets, developing detection and grouping models that help thousands of customers troubleshoot, automate, and optimize their cloud systems in real time.

As a Manager II in Applied AI, you will lead multiple teams of talented scientists, ML engineers and managers focused on advancing detection, grouping, and text intelligence models. You will own both the technical vision and the organizational culture, and drive collaboration across engineering, product, and research to deliver innovative AI-powered features at scale. This is a highly impactful, hands-on leadership role at the core of Datadog’s AI-driven future.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do: 

• Lead and grow teams focused on detection, anomaly detection, NER, PII, log clustering, and event grouping models
• Define the vision, strategy, and technical direction for Applied AI detection and grouping initiatives in partnership with Product
• Coach and develop senior engineers and managers, fostering a culture of high performance, inclusion, and psychological safety
• Collaborate with product managers and partner teams to deliver projects from research to production, at Datadog scale
• Oversee project planning, execution, and technical quality, ensuring operational excellence and system reliability
• Participate in hiring and organizational planning for future growth
• Promote best practices in machine learning, AI engineering, operational standards, and career development across the organization
• Contribute to cross-team collaboration, knowledge sharing, and shaping Datadog’s broader AI roadmap

Who You Are:

• An experienced technical leader with a strong background in AI, machine learning, or data science
• Proven success building and shipping ML or AI-powered products 
• Experience leading and mentoring multiple teams, including senior engineers and engineering managers
• Deep technical expertise in one or more: deep learning, anomaly detection, time series modeling, NLP for semi-structured data
• Comfortable partnering with Product to set vision and strategy, and turning ambiguous problems into clear plans
• A strong people manager, able to attract, develop, and retain top AI and engineering talent
• BS/MS/PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience

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.

Benefits and Growth: 

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits
• Giving programs

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.