Senior AI Engineer - Bits AI Security Analyst
DatadogLisbon, PortugalPosted 24 February 2026
Job Description
<p>At Datadog, we’re on a mission to bring security and observability together for modern organizations. <a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/bits-ai-security-analyst/">Bits AI for Security</a> is our AI agent that leverages LLMs to help analysts investigate alerts, understand threats, and respond faster. We’re looking for a product-minded AI Engineer to help us build the next generation of AI-driven security capabilities.</p>
<p><em>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.</em></p>
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<p><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Work closely with users, security experts, PMs, and data scientists on cutting edge AI agents that drive real value for our customers.</li>
<li>Develop tools, retrieval and planning strategies, and guardrails; manage prompts/evals; design fallbacks and human‑in‑the‑loop paths.</li>
<li>Collaborate with Product, Design, and partner teams to build cohesive experiences.</li>
<li>Prototype and see what works well, iterate closely with our users and experts, and then ship.</li>
<li>Follow the latest research on GenAI and AI agents.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Who You Are:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>You have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence or a related scientific field or equivalent experience.</li>
<li>You’re a backend engineer with at least 4 years of professional experience (Go, Python, Java, etc.) who values code simplicity and performance.</li>
<li>You have relevant work experience with LLMs, large-scale systems, machine learning, or adjacent fields. You’ve shipped software that uses LLMs to production.</li>
<li>You want to work in a fast, high-growth startup environment that values its engineers.</li>
<li>You are a good communicator and can drive hard technical conversations towards a pragmatic solution.</li>
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<p><strong>Bonus Point:</strong></p>
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<li>Excited to work in the security domain, with an understanding of how analysts investigate threats and alerts.</li>
<li>Fluency with offline/online evals for AI systems; can build reliable golden sets and automatic regressions.</li>
<li>Experience scaling products in a high-growth SaaS environment.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>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.</em></p>
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<p><strong>Benefits and Growth: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)</li>
<li>Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing</li>
<li>Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking</li>
<li>An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)</li>
<li>Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions</li>
<li>Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+</li>
<li>Competitive global benefits</li>
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<p><br><em>Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.</em></p>
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<p><strong>About Datadog: </strong></p>
<p>Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of t ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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