Manager I, Engineering - Bits AI Security Analyst

Datadog • New York, NY

78d

About The Position

At Datadog, we're on a mission to bring security and observability together for modern organizations. Bits AI for Security is our AI-powered assistant that leverages large language models (LLMs) to help analysts investigate alerts, understand threats, and respond faster. We're looking for an Engineering Manager I to lead the team building the next generation of AI-driven security capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to combine security expertise with GenAI/LLM innovation, helping shape how AI empowers security analysts worldwide. 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.

Requirements

• An experienced engineering leader with a proven track record of managing software engineers and shipping impactful products, with 3+ years of experience managing teams of 5+ engineers.
• Knowledgeable about LLM technologies (prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, agents) and how to apply them in real-world, production-grade systems.
• Comfortable with backend or full-stack development in a cloud-based SaaS environment.
• Strong in communication and collaboration, able to align engineers, product managers, and researchers around shared goals.
• Passionate about building teams and culture as much as building systems.

Nice To Haves

• Excited to work in the security domain, with an understanding of how analysts investigate threats and alerts (security background is a strong plus).
• Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI API, Hugging Face, etc.).
• Contributions to AI/ML infrastructure or applied GenAI products.
• Experience scaling products in a high-growth SaaS environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a talented engineering team working at the intersection of security, AI, and product innovation.
• Partner closely with product managers, security experts, and AI researchers to design and deliver AI Agents (LLM-powered) that drive real value for our customers.
• Guide the team in building production-ready systems that combine Datadog's security platform with GenAI models, agents, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines.
• Help your engineers grow in their careers by coaching, mentoring, and fostering a collaborative, inclusive culture.
• Own the delivery of critical product initiatives, ensuring technical excellence, reliability, and alignment with Datadog's high bar for security.

Benefits

• 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 employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees