Senior AI Engineer- Bits AI Security Analyst

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• 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
• 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
• Excited to work in the security domain, with an understanding of how analysts investigate threats and alerts
• Fluency with offline/online evals for AI systems; can build reliable golden sets and automatic regressions
• Experience scaling products in a high-growth SaaS environment
• You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products
• 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