Manager I, Engineering - AI Platform - Training & Serving

Datadog·Parislead

In short

→Liderar un equipo de 10+ ingenieros en el desarrollo de infraestructura para entrenamiento y servicio de modelos de IA a gran escala.
→Trabajar en proyectos de vanguardia como entrenamiento distribuido de modelos fundamentales y servidores a gran escala, con fuerte enfoque en experiencia de usu
→Destacar como líder técnico hands-on en un equipo de IA en etapa temprana, con impacto directo en productos como Bits AI y LLMObs.

Proficiency in English is required for collaboration across global teams.

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What they ask for

✓Experiencia previa (1+ año) liderando equipos de ingeniería de software
✓Habilidades técnicas sólidas en backend, ingeniería de datos e infraestructura
✓Capacidad para liderar equipos altamente productivos con fuerte enfoque en cultura y calidad
✓Capacidad para tomar decisiones en entornos ambiguos y de alta velocidad
✓Habilidades interpersonales y de colaboración con equipos multifuncionales
✓Experiencia usando herramientas de generación de código con IA y validando su salida

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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. We support products such as Bits AI , LLMObs and all our AI research . As an engineering manager for the Training & Serving team, you’ll join a new and fast growing team and organization. You will support building and scaling the team, define our technical vision and help shape the roadmap. Your team will lead the charge on multiple critical technical challenges: distributed training of foundation models, serving at scale, designing the user experience. You’ll work closely with sister teams in the AI platform organization ensuring a seamless AI development cycle. You’ll also partner with the Applied AI org and with Datadog infrastructure & tooling teams to build out systems from the ground up. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: • Manage and grow the Training & Serving team, directly managing 10+ 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, infrastructure 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 Who You Are: • Previous experience (1+ years) leading software engineering teams, as a tech lead or people manager • Strong technician with a mix of backend, data engineer and infrastructure experience who is interested in remaining a hands-on leader • 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 build strong partnerships with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and science, and skillfully coordinate among multiple stakeholders • You have a track record of delivering high-quality software on schedule and making decisions in ambiguous and fast-paced environments • You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output • Bonus: You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. 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, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) • Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions • Free, global mental health benefits for employee

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