Senior Product Security Engineer - AI Agents

Datadog, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 192,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental benefits

Parental planning

Mental health benefits

401(k) plan and match

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a security-focused leader to own the Bits Code security architecture from design to production. You will collaborate with engineering, product, infrastructure, and security teams to identify risks and shape the product while building threat models for new and existing agent risks.

You will help the team ship secure software quickly by maintaining core libraries, guiding processes, and culture, and you will work with sandbox teams on how Bits Code executes untrusted workloads.

Qualifications

• Background in product security, application security, or security architecture.
• Experience securing systems across complex trust boundaries.
• Experience building and operating full stack systems at scale.
• Familiar with security risks in agentic systems and design against them.

Responsibilities

• Own the security architecture and implementation of Bits Code from design through production operation.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, infrastructure, and security teams to identify risks and shape the product.
• Build threat models for new and existing agent risks such as prompt injection.
• Help ship secure software fast by writing and maintaining core libraries and guiding processes and culture.
• Coordinate with sandbox teams on how Bits Code executes untrusted workloads.
• Be on call as part of Datadog's on-call culture.

Skills

Security architecture

Product security

Full stack systems

Trust boundaries

Security trade-offs

Security leadership

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Engineering or related field

Job description

Bits Code is Datadog’s cloud coding agent which fixes the problems that Datadog surfaces, as automatically as possible. You’ll shape the architecture, tools, processes, and culture that keep security risk very low while working hands‑on with the team to ship product features quickly.

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:

• Own the security architecture and implementation of Bits Code from early design through production operation.
• Work with engineering, product, infrastructure, and security teams to identify risks and shape the product.
• Build threat models for new and existing agent risks such as prompt injection.
• Help the team ship secure software fast by writing and maintaining core libraries, and guiding processes and culture.
• Work with our sandbox teams on how Bits Code executes untrusted workloads.
• Be on call. Datadog culture is that you build it, you run it.

Who You Are:

• You have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related scientific field, or at least 5+ years of professional experience, with a background in product security,application security, or security architecture.
• You have experience securing systems that operate across complex trust boundaries.
• You have experience building and operating full stack systems at scale.
• You are familiar with security risks in agentic systems and have experience designing against them.
• You make pragmatic security trade-offs.

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:

• Skilled, knowledgeable, and kind teammates to work with and learn from.
• Have a lot of influence on product direction and impact on the business.
• Competitive global benefits.
• Continuous professional development.
• An inclusive company culture.

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

#LI-Hybrid

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:

$192,000—$240,000 USD

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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