Product Solutions Architect - LLM Observability | Datadog Careers

Datadog

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$151,500–$222,000 / yr
Posted
15 days ago

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This role $187k
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This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $165,800–$226,600 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $187k versus about $196k for comparable roles.

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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.

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TL;DR · Product Solutions Architect - LLM Observability | Datadog Careers

As a Product Solutions Architect (PSA) at Datadog’s LLM Observability team, you will serve as the technical expert for customers and internal teams, providing hands-on guidance on designing architectures and implementing best practices for large-scale LLM-powered applications. Your daily tasks include creating detailed technical collateral such as reference architectures and documentation to support Field teams, building proofs of concept, and delivering actionable feedback to Product Management based on real-world customer insights. This role requires a strong foundation in software engineering with hands-on experience in production environments, familiarity with distributed systems and core observability concepts, and proficiency in languages like Python or JavaScript/TypeScript. You will work in a rapidly evolving domain, translating technical patterns into the emerging field of LLM observability, ensuring scalable solutions for complex customer use cases.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the in-house expert for Datadog’s LLM Observability product.
  • Provide technical and architectural guidance to enterprise customers adopting LLM Observability.
  • Create high-impact technical collateral like reference architectures and documentation.
  • Build proofs of concept and small-scale deployments to validate solutions.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to Product Management, providing actionable feedback.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive hands-on experience building and operating LLM-powered applications in production.
  • Strong foundation in software engineering with expertise in Python or JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, tracing, metrics, logging, and emerging LLM observability concepts.
  • Proven ability to create high-impact technical collateral like reference architectures and documentation.
  • Experience as an Architect or Consultant, ideally with a focus on observability tools and SRE practices.

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