Manager I, Engineering, Anomaly Detection

Datadog

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NYBoston, MATX
Salary
$192,000–$240,000 / yr
Posted
21 days ago
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This role pays more than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $171,875–$255,375 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $214k for comparable roles.

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About Datadog

Datadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.

Datadog currently has 73 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $192,000–$240,000 across 71 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Manager I, Engineering, Anomaly Detection

Manager I, Engineering - Anomaly Detection will lead an engineering team of eight to build scalable, cost-effective systems for automatic anomaly detection in customer system telemetry. The role involves owning the roadmap for signal finding systems, collaborating with product management and applied scientists to develop detection mechanisms, and building both traditional machine learning and LLM-based systems in production at scale. Key responsibilities include driving AI-native development practices and ensuring high standards for safety and agent autonomy. Candidates must possess experience in distributed systems, Java, Python, or Go, and demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills. The work focuses on solving the technical challenge of proactively identifying problems in telemetry data without requiring customers to manually configure specific alarms or alerts within a platform-focused environment.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in New York?

Median $254488 from 41 postings across 13 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead and develop an engineering team of 8 by setting technical direction and high execution standards.
  • Own the roadmap and execution for key signal finding systems.
  • Partner with product management and applied scientists to build detection systems and quality evaluation mechanisms.
  • Build and operate traditional machine learning and LLM-based systems in production at scale.
  • Drive AI-native development practices, focusing on safety, validation, and increasing agent autonomy.
  • Contribute to product strategy within an ambiguous environment to define the technical roadmap.

What we're looking for

  • Experience as an engineering manager with a track record of shipping robust and scalable distributed systems with AI and/or ML components.
  • Experience with Java, Python, or Go.
  • Experience working in a platform-focused team.
  • Strong cross-team collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to contribute to product strategy in an ambiguous environment.
  • Direct experience building and training ML models in production environments (preferred).
  • Familiarity utilizing streaming technology such as Flink or Kafka (preferred).

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