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Senior Staff GenAI Engineer - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

at Datadog

📍 New York, New York, USA Hybrid Posted March 11, 2026
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Position Details

Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 10+ years
Education BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
Category AI & Machine Learning

About this role

Senior Staff AI/ML Engineer at Datadog focusing on GenAI and application performance monitoring, leading large-scale AI initiatives to enhance system visibility and troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead GenAI initiatives
  • Design and deploy ML models
  • Guide technical strategy
  • Mentor engineers
  • Collaborate on telemetry data analysis

Technical Overview

Environment involves AI/ML model development, deployment, distributed tracing, telemetry data analysis, and dashboard visualization within a SaaS platform.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior AI/ML engineer with over 10 years of experience in GenAI and machine learning, with a strong background in deploying and optimizing large-scale models. They possess leadership skills and a product-oriented mindset to guide AI initiatives within a SaaS environment.

Must-Have Skills

Deep experience in GenAI/MLModel developmentdeploymentevaluationand optimizationExperience leading large-scale GenAI/ML initiativesTechnical leadership in AI/ML projectsStrong communication skills

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with agentic workflowsExperience with incident troubleshootingExperience with distributed systemsExperience with telemetry data analysis

Tools & Platforms

Datadog APMDistributed TracingProfiling ToolsDashboardsTelemetry Platforms

Required Skills

GenAIMachine LearningDeep LearningDistributed TracingTelemetry DataModel DevelopmentModel DeploymentModel EvaluationModel OptimizationAI Coding Tools

Hard Skills

GenAIMLMachine LearningDeep LearningDistributed TracingProfilingDashboardsTelemetry DataModel DevelopmentModel DeploymentModel EvaluationModel OptimizationAI Coding Tools

Soft Skills

CommunicationLeadershipCollaborationMentoringTechnical LeadershipProblem-solving

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS
Job Function Leading AI/ML engineering projects to improve application performance visibility

Keywords for Your Resume

Senior Staff GenAI EngineerApplication Performance MonitoringAPMGenAIMachine LearningDeep LearningDistributed TracingModel DevelopmentModel DeploymentModel EvaluationModel OptimizationAI Coding ToolsTelemetry DataLeadershipTechnical LeadershipMentoringProfilingDashboards

Deal Breakers

Lack of experience in GenAI/ML, No leadership or mentoring experience, No experience with distributed tracing or telemetry data, Unwillingness to work in a hybrid environment

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