Senior AI Engineer - Notebooks

Datadog

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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 · Senior AI Engineer - Notebooks

Senior AI Engineer – Notebooks joins the team to build AI-assisted workflows for a collaborative surface used for ad-hoc data analysis, technical documentation, and incident postmortems. This role involves designing and delivering AI-powered product experiences, developing systems that combine deterministic capabilities with LLM-powered features, and building integrations for third-party AI platforms and conversational environments. The engineer will own production backend services, manage model non-determinism through evaluation frameworks, and provide technical leadership while establishing engineering best practices. Candidates must possess over six years of experience and proficiency in Go or Python. The core work involves solving the problem of making knowledge retrievable and reusable across products by transforming Notebooks into a tool that helps users move from uncertainty to answers. The role requires a product-oriented mindset to translate customer problems into technical decisions for reliable, trustworthy outcomes.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the design and delivery of AI-powered product experiences for Notebooks and related surfaces.
  • Develop systems that combine deterministic features with LLM-powered capabilities to provide trustworthy customer outcomes.
  • Translate customer problems and roadmap goals into concrete technical decisions in partnership with Product Managers.
  • Build integrations that allow Datadog capabilities to function within third-party AI platforms and conversational environments.
  • Establish AI engineering best practices while providing technical leadership and mentorship to the team.
  • Build and operate reliable backend services for production systems and participate in on-call rotations.
  • Manage model non-determinism through robust evaluation frameworks, testing strategies, and operational excellence.

What we're looking for

  • You must have 6+ years of relevant engineering experience.
  • You must have experience with Go, Python, or similar systems programming languages.
  • You must have hands-on experience delivering production AI-powered products and customer-facing experiences using LLM technologies.
  • You must be able to build reliable systems that manage model non-determinism through evaluation frameworks and testing strategies.
  • You should possess a strong product mindset to connect technical decisions to customer outcomes and business impact.
  • You must be able to provide technical leadership and mentorship while establishing AI engineering best practices.
  • You must be able to build and operate reliable backend services for production environments.

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