Staff AI Engineer - Agent Observability
$234k - $300k • Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USA
Posted 4d ago
Job Location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USA
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Categories
AI Agent Engineer
About the job
The Agent Observability team builds cutting-edge tools to monitor, explain, and improve AI systems in production, particularly those leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI. We provide robust, scalable observability for AI workloads, including drift detection and model evaluation, and behavior tracing, enabling customers to ship AI with confidence. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll lead the development of new features and foundational capabilities within Datadog’s LLM Observability product. You will shape product direction, drive experimentation, and apply your deep understanding of both AI systems and software engineering to solve open-ended problems in the fast-moving AI landscape. Your work will directly impact how our customers monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize LLM-based applications in production. Join us in building the foundational tools that make AI systems observable, understandable, and reliable in the real world.
Responsibilities
- Drive design and implementation of LLM observability features.
- Ideate, prototype, and scale new product features for generative AI systems.
- Work cross-functionally with other teams to iterate and find product-market fit.
- Develop and extend tools for tracing, evaluating, and debugging LLMs.
- Influence architecture decisions and mentor engineers.
- Gather customer insights to guide product and engineering priorities.
- Stay current with industry trends in machine learning and observability.
Requirements
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalable backend architectures.
- Hands-on experience building and shipping LLM-powered or GenAI applications.
- Understanding of model internals, inference pipelines, evaluation techniques, and prompt engineering.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-changing spaces with a product-oriented mindset.
- Experience with observability tools/platforms.
- Clear communication, rigorous thinking, and pride in clean, maintainable code.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity package.
- Variable compensation may be offered.
- Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits.
- 401(k) plan and match.
- Paid time off.
- Fitness reimbursements.
- Discounted employee stock purchase plan.
- Opportunity to build and use internal tools.
- Influence on product direction and business impact.
- Work with skilled and supportive teammates.
- Continuous professional development.