The opportunity
The AI platform is responsible for all AI infrastructure across Datadog. Our mission is to provide tools and platforms that enable data scientists and engineers to conduct large-scale training and inference with ease.
What you'll do
Manage and grow the Evaluation & Annotation team, directly managing 4-6 engineers
Define our technical roadmap in alignment with AI platform goals and the Applied AI team roadmap.
Work with our core platform teams to tailor Datadog's storage and data pipelines to our needs
Create a strong team culture aligned with our engineering standards and our customer focus
Participate in hands-on work: Code reviews, design reviews and some coding
A Software Engineer at heart with a previous experience leading software: engineering teams, as a tech lead or people manager
What they're looking for
- Excellent leader with strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to build and lead high-performing teams
- Interested in working on an early stage project with many challenges to solve and a fast iteration cycle
- You have a track record of delivering high-quality software on schedule and: collaborating closely with product partners.
- Strong technician with a mix of backend, data engineer and infrastructure: experience who is interested in remaining a hands-on leader
