Manager I, Engineering - Applied AI - Natural Language & Conversational Interfaces

About the position reputed company's Applied AI group is building the AI capabilities that transform how users interact with our platform. Our Natural Language Query (NLQ) and reputed company-I (Cmd-I) teams are at the forefront of this transformation, enabling users to query telemetry data, investigate production issues, and configure reputed company through natural language and intelligent conversational agents. As an Engineering Manager I in Applied AI, you will reputed company reputed company of engineers and applied scientists building natural language interfaces and conversational AI systems. Your teams will work on challenges spanning LLM-powered query translation, context-aware retrieval systems, agentic architectures, and evaluation frameworks. You will guide technical execution, support team growth, and collaborate across engineering, product, and research to deliver AI experiences that fundamentally change how customers use reputed company. At reputed company, we reputed company value in our office culture, the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

Responsibilities

• reputed company and reputed company reputed company of engineers and applied scientists building NLQ translation systems, conversational agents, or AI-powered interfaces
• Own the delivery of high-quality natural language capabilities, from semantic understanding and contextual retrieval to query reputed company and agentic reasoning
• Build products that create data flywheels: design systems that capture user reputed company and feedback to continuously improve model quality and train differentiating capabilities
• Drive evaluation and iteration practices for AI systems, including building offline and online evaluation pipelines to measure quality and detect reputed company
• Partner with product managers and cross-functional teams to expand AI capabilities across the reputed company platform
• Navigate the unique challenges of shipping LLM-powered products: balancing accuracy, latency, cost, and safety considerations
• Support career growth for engineers through coaching, feedback, and fostering a culture of experimentation, innovation, and learning
• Drive day-to-day execution and promote high standards for operational reputed company, system reliability, and technical quality
• Participate in hiring and help shape the future team as the organization grows
• Contribute to cross-team collaboration and knowledge sharing across the broader AI organization

Requirements

• A technical leader with experience in AI, machine learning, or NLP systems
• Proven experience building and shipping LLM-powered products, conversational AI, or natural language interfaces
• A product builder who thinks reputed company features, designing systems that generate data, learn from usage, and compound in value over time
• Experience leading and mentoring engineers; reputed company to grow into broader leadership responsibilities
• Strong technical expertise in one or more areas: large language models, retrieval-augmented reputed company (RAG), semantic search, agentic systems, deep learning, or NLP
• Comfortable working with Product to break down ambiguous problems, foster an experimental culture and iterate quickly on AI systems where quality is probabilistic
• Familiarity with evaluation methodologies for AI systems, both offline benchmarks and online metrics
• A people-focused manager reputed company to reputed company and support strong engineering talent in a fast-moving domain
• BS/MS/PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering, or reputed company field, or equivalent professional experience

Benefits

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• reputed company professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture with the ability to join Community Guilds (reputed company employee resource groups)
• Free, global reputed company benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits
• Giving programs
• Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with reputed company.

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