Senior Software Engineer - AI Code Gen - Agent Engineer | Datadog Careers

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$187,000–$240,000 / yr
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14 days ago

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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.

Datadog currently has 114 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $187,000–$240,000 across 56 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer - AI Code Gen - Agent Engineer | Datadog Careers

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Join our dynamic new team at Datadog as a senior backend engineer focused on developing AI-assisted tools to enhance developer productivity. You will collaborate closely with users, designers, and data scientists to create cutting-edge LLM-based agents that autonomously generate tests, fix bugs, and improve performance. Your daily tasks include prototyping, evaluating, and integrating these systems into Datadog’s products, while also expanding capabilities by working with other teams on initiatives like IDE extensions and dynamic instrumentation. Ideal candidates have at least five years of experience in backend engineering (Go, Java, Python) with a track record of shipping LLM-based software to production. Strong knowledge of large language models, machine learning, and developer tools is essential, along with the ability to drive technical discussions towards practical solutions in a fast-paced startup environment.

Skills

Python Go Java LLMs Large-scale systems Machine learning CI/CD Docker Kubernetes AWS PostgreSQL Git GitHub Swagger/OpenAPI RESTful APIs GraphQL JSON YAML Prometheus Grafana Datadog IDE extensions Dynamic Instrumentation

What you'll do

  • Develop LLM-based agents to assist Datadog developers in generating tests and fixing bugs.
  • Create prompts, evaluations, and tools for integrating code with AI systems and Datadog products.
  • Prototype new features, gather user feedback, and iterate rapidly before deployment.
  • Stay updated on the latest research in LLM prompting, agent development, and code editing techniques.
  • Collaborate with other teams to enhance capabilities like IDE extensions and dynamic instrumentation.

What we're looking for

  • At least 5 years of professional backend engineering experience in Go, Java, or Python.
  • Experience shipping software using Large Language Models to production.
  • Passionate about Generative AI and its ability to enhance developer productivity.
  • Relevant experience with large-scale systems, data sets, machine learning, or adjacent fields.
  • Strong community ambassador skills and the ability to drive technical conversations towards practical solutions.

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