Staff Software Engineer - Event Correlation

Datadog is building a modern AIOps solution to help users accelerate issue discovery and remediation in their system. A key component of this effort is an intelligent, ML-powered correlation system that identifies issues, assesses their impact, and streamlines root cause analysis.

This ambitious project processes real-time data at an immense scale—billions of events from companies worldwide—transforming raw signals like code deployments, service health fluctuations, configuration updates, and monitoring alerts into actionable insights for users. Our mission is to surface clear, high-fidelity signals that empower users to detect and resolve issues across their entire tech stack with confidence.

We are looking for a product-minded Staff Software Engineer with ML/AI expertise to serve as the technical lead for this initiative. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Data Scientists and Engineers to architect, productionize a high durability and low latency system. Our approach leverages cutting-edge technologies to deliver a seamless user experience that transforms how organizations manage operational challenges at scale. 

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:

• Lead technical effort to develop the architecture, patterns, and individual solutions to identify and investigate problems

• Represent and evangelize the project across Datadog

• Regularly speak with users to discover their needs and feedback

• Navigate tradeoffs between thoroughness and time-to-market, understanding how to provide the right level of value to customers at the right time

• Work with other Datadog teams to integrate their domain expertise into solution pathways

• Mentor and grow other engineers on the team and beyond

Who You Are:

• You’re passionate about ML/AI and have experience delivering ML-based solutions in the past

• You have strong technical expertise to help software engineers, data scientists be more productive

• You ship fast, route around blockers, and are comfortable working with ambiguity

• You love talking with users

• You’re happy to jump into any part of the stack and do whatever’s needed to move a project forward

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

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

• Get to build tools for software engineers, just like yourself. And use the tools we build to accelerate our development.

• Have a lot of influence on product direction and impact on the business .

• Work with skilled, knowledgeable, and kind teammates who are happy to teach and learn

• Competitive global benefits

• Continuous professional development

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.