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