Datadog
Manager I, Engineering - Code Intelligence
$192K–$240K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States
About the job
Leads a customer-facing engineering team that builds and operates production AI agents and code intelligence products, setting the team’s technical direction and product strategy.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop the engineering team, setting technical direction and execution standards.
- Own the roadmap for code indexing, pull-request agents, code-writing agents, and feedback and evaluation systems.
- Build and operate production LLM and agent software, while partnering with customers and internal teams to shape products.
What they ask for
- Track record as an engineering manager shipping products with direct customer interaction.
- Hands-on experience building scaled LLM software, including APIs, agent frameworks, prompt and evaluation tooling, and tool-use systems.
- Strong product and customer mindset, with ability to set strategy in an ambiguous environment.
Nice to have
- Background in SDLC and developer tooling.
Pay
$192,000 — $240,000 USD (yearly salary)
Tools
LLM APIs, agent frameworks, harness, tool-use layers, prompt and eval tooling, LLM-as-judge
AI focus
Leads development and operation of production LLM agents for source code indexing, pull-request review, code changes, and closed-loop evaluation, with a focus on safety, validation, and increasing agent autonomy.
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