Datadog
Manager I, Engineering - Anomaly Detection
$192K–$240K
New York, New York, USA +3 · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
Boston, MA, United States
New York, NY, United States
Remote - Texas
About the job
Leads an engineering team building and operating scalable anomaly-detection systems for customer telemetry using distributed systems, machine learning, and LLMs.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop an existing team of eight; set technical direction and promote ownership and execution.
- Own the roadmap and delivery of signal-finding systems, collaborating with product management and applied scientists on detection quality and evaluation.
- Operate ML- and LLM-based systems in production and advance safe, validated AI-native development practices.
What they ask for
- Experience as an engineering manager with a track record of shipping robust, scalable distributed systems; distributed systems experience is required.
- Experience with Java, Python, or Go.
- Experience working in a platform-focused team.
- Strong cross-team collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Nice to have
- Direct experience building and training ML models in production.
- Familiarity with streaming technology such as Flink or Kafka.
Pay
$192,000 — $240,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, Python, Go, Flink, Kafka
AI focus
Build and operate traditional machine-learning and LLM-based anomaly-detection systems in production at scale; guide AI-native development practices with safety, validation, and increasing agent autonomy.
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