Engineering Manager, AI Training & Serving — Scale & Vision

Datadog, Inc.; Paris (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Professional development

Mentor and buddy program

Inclusive culture and ERGs

Global mental health benefits

Competitive global benefits

Job summary

Datadog is seeking an engineering manager for the Training & Serving team. You will lead a growing group of engineers, define the technical vision, and drive the roadmap for AI platform scale.

You'll partner with cross-functional teams to scale data pipelines, storage and infrastructure, while maintaining a hands-on leadership style and a strong team culture that emphasizes quality and customer focus. This role blends leadership with technical contribution, including code reviews, design

Qualifications

• 1+ years leading software engineering teams as a tech lead or manager.
• Hands-on leader with backend, data, and infrastructure experience.
• Proven track record delivering high-quality software on schedule.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders.
• Interest in early-stage projects and fast iteration cycles.

Responsibilities

• 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 the company'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

Skills

Team leadership

Backend engineering

Data engineering

Infrastructure experience

Hands-on coding

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tooling familiarity

Tools

AI coding tools

Job description

Datadog is seeking an engineering manager for the Training & Serving team. You will lead a growing group of engineers, define the technical vision, and drive the roadmap for AI platform scale.

You'll partner with cross-functional teams to scale data pipelines, storage and infrastructure, while maintaining a hands-on leadership style and a strong team culture that emphasizes quality and customer focus. This role blends leadership with technical contribution, including code reviews, design