Manager II, Engineering - AI Platform Training, Serving and Storage (NorAm)
The AI platform is responsible for all AI infrastructure across Datadog. Our mission is to provide tools and platforms that enable data scientists and engineers to conduct large-scale training and inference with ease.
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Manager II, Engineering - AI Platform Training, Serving and Storage (NorAm) at Datadog in New York City. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The AI platform is responsible for all AI infrastructure across Datadog. Our mission is to provide tools and platforms that enable data scientists and engineers to conduct large-scale training and inference with ease.
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- Lead a fast-growing organization around 20 people across 2 teams soon to be 3.
- You will define the roadmap for your scope and work with ICs and managers to establish the technical direction
- Collaborate with the engineering team and product manager to define the future of the roadmap
- Create a strong organizational culture centered around our engineering standards and customer- focused approach
- Support the whole lifecycle of AI development, including model training, serving, deployment and monitoring
- You’ve led teams that have built 0 to 1 ML/AI Platforms, with an emphasis on Open Source Tooling (i.e. Ray / AnyScale), versus pure out-of-the-box solutions.
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- 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+
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- 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+
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