Senior AI Engineer - Bits AI Security Analyst

At Datadog, we’re on a mission to bring security and observability together for modern organizations. Bits AI for Security is our AI agent that leverages LLMs to help analysts investigate alerts, understand threats, and respond faster. We’re looking for a product-minded AI Engineer to help us build the next generation of AI-driven security capabilities.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do

Work closely with users, security experts, PMs, and data scientists on cutting edge AI agents that drive real value for our customers

Develop tools, retrieval and planning strategies, and guardrails; manage prompts/evals; design fallbacks and human‑in‑the‑loop paths

Collaborate with Product, Design, and partner teams to build cohesive experiences

Prototype and see what works well, iterate closely with our users and experts, and then ship

Follow the latest research on GenAI and AI agents

Who You Are

You have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence or a related scientific field or equivalent experience

You’re a backend engineer with at least 4 years of professional experience (Go, Python, Java, etc.) who values code simplicity and performance

You have relevant work experience with LLMs, large-scale systems, machine learning, or adjacent fields. You’ve shipped software that uses LLMs to production

You want to work in a fast, high-growth startup environment that values its engineers

You are a good communicator and can drive hard technical conversations towards a pragmatic solution

You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output

Bonus Point

Excited to work in the security domain, with an understanding of how analysts investigate thre