AI Engineer, Security

About Datadog Security

At Datadog, we’re on a mission to bring security and observability together for modern organizations. Bits AI for Security is our AI agent that leverages LLMs to help analysts investigate alerts, understand threats, and respond faster. We’re looking for a product-minded AI Engineer to help us build the next generation of AI-driven security capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Work closely with users, security experts, PMs, and data scientists on cutting-edge AI agents that drive real value for our customers.
• Develop tools, retrieval and planning strategies, and guardrails; manage prompts/evals; design fallbacks and human‑in‑the‑loop paths.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and partner teams to build cohesive experiences.
• Prototype and see what works well, iterate closely with our users and experts, and then ship.
• Follow the latest research on GenAI and AI agents.

Who You Are

• You have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence or a related scientific field or equivalent experience.
• You’re a backend engineer with at least 4 years of professional experience (Go, Python, Java, etc.) who values code simplicity and performance.
• You have relevant work experience with LLMs, large-scale systems, machine learning, or adjacent fields. You’ve shipped software that uses LLMs to production.
• You want to work in a fast, high-growth startup environment that values its engineers.
• You are a good communicator and can drive hard technical conversations towards a pragmatic solution.
• You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output.

Bonus Point:

• Excited to work in the security domain, with an understanding of how analysts investigate threats and alerts.
• Fluency with offline/online evals for AI systems; can build reliable golden sets and automatic regressions.
• Experience scaling products in a high-growth SaaS environment.
• You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products.

Benefits and Growth

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking.
• An inclusive company culture; join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups).
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions.
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
• Competitive global benefits.

About Datadog

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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