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Manager I, Engineering - Code Intelligence

Datadog· Engineering
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New York, NY$192k - $240kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Lead and develop an AI-native engineering team focused on code intelligence, including source code indexing, PR Agentic Reviewers, shift-left agent capabilities, and closed-loop evaluation systems, in production environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop an existing engineering team, building trust, setting technical direction, and establishing a high bar for ownership and execution.
  • Own the roadmap and execution across four areas: source code indexing, PR Agentic Reviewers (agents that generate artifacts like metric descriptions on customer pull requests), shift-left work (extending code-writing agents to make direct changes to customer repos), and closed-loop feedback and evaluation systems including LLM-as-judge.
  • Set the team's product strategy independently while partnering day-to-day with product teams company-wide — this team functions as its own product org.
  • Build and operate scaled LLM and agent software in production: LLM APIs, agent frameworks, harness and tool-use layers, prompt and eval tooling, and closed-loop evaluation systems that measure and improve agent output quality.
  • Partner closely with customers and internal stakeholders to deeply understand needs and translate them into technical direction.
  • Drive the team's AI-native development practices, setting high standards for safety, validation, and increasing agent autonomy over time.

Qualifications

  • Experienced engineering manager with a track record of shipping products with direct customer interaction, not just internal stakeholders.
  • Hands-on experience building scaled LLM software: LLM APIs, agent frameworks, prompt and eval tooling, harness and tool-use development, and closed-loop evaluation systems including LLM-as-judge.
  • Strong product and customer mindset — you put solving customer problems first and know how to ship and iterate quickly.
  • Comfortable setting your own product strategy in an ambiguous environment rather than executing a pre-defined roadmap.
  • SDLC and developer tooling background is a plus but not required — strong AI and agent experience is what matters most.

Skills

Required:Engineering managementScaled LLM software development

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
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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