Staff Software Engineer - ML Observability
Datadog · Boston, MA | New York City, NY · Dev Eng
About this role
Datadog is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in Boston, MA | New York City, NY. The posting calls out experience with LLMs, Prompt Engineering, Datadog, Distributed Systems. Compensation is listed at $234,000–$300,000 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Boston, MA | New York City, NY
- Department
- Dev Eng
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Job description
from Datadog careersThe ML Observability team builds cutting-edge tools to monitor, explain, and improve AI systems in production, particularly those leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI. We provide robust, scalable observability for AI workloads, including drift detection and model evaluation, and behavior tracing, enabling customers to ship AI with confidence.
As a Staff Engineer, you’ll lead the development of new features and foundational capabilities within Datadog’s LLM Observability product. You will shape product direction, drive experimentation, and apply your deep understanding of both AI systems and software engineering to solve open-ended problems in the fast-moving AI landscape. Your work will directly impact how our customers monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize LLM-based applications in production.
Join us in building the foundational tools that make AI systems observable, understandable, and reliable in the real world.
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:
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Drive design and implementation of LLM observability features.
- Ideate, prototype, and scale new product features to provide insights and drive improvements for generative AI systems