Datadog · 23 hours ago
Senior Developer Advocate - Generative AI
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$185K/yr - $215K/yr
10+ years expDatadog is a global SaaS business on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age. The Senior Developer Advocate will act as a subject matter expert for Generative AI, creating technical content, coaching internal teams, and advocating for new features based on customer needs.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingCloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureData ManagementDevOpsProductivity ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
Act as a subject matter expert for GenAI on behalf of the Datadog advocacy and engineering teams
Create technical content by building demos, public speaking, blogging, and creating documentation and webinars to build Datadog’s reputation as a leader in the space
Partner with and coach internal product and customer engineering teams on effective public communication and presentations for the work they do
Contribute to the product through deep feedback, including bug reporting, identifying usability challenges, and suggesting product enhancements
Identify customer pain points and gaps in the GenAI space and communicate these internally to advocate for new features, integrations, and fixes
Explore new problem areas to deliver prototypes, proofs-of-concept, and open-source contributions that benefit the community
Build awareness of Datadog as a technical leader within the GenAI communities you engage
Qualification
Required
10+ years experience as a software developer, SRE, or other practitioner; including building and maintaining production systems
3+ years of experience as an advocate and / or equivalent experience e.g. skilled at reaching software developers across multiple channels, such as written content, conference talks, leading workshops, live streaming or recording videos, contributing to open source, and participating in community events
You have publicly available writing samples, blog posts, demos, or recordings of presentations on technical topics
You are comfortable with at least 2 programming languages (eg Python, Go, Node.js, bash) and are familiar with modern infrastructure such as IaaS cloud services and containers
You enjoy self driven exploration and education on new technologies and languages
Generative AI: You have deep knowledge of the current landscape, including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and vector databases
AI Infrastructure: You have deep experience with the underlying hardware and software for AI, including GPU/TPU management, distributed training frameworks (e.g., Ray, PyTorch FSDP), and high-performance networking
Data for AI: You specialize in the data foundation of ML, including data engineering pipelines, feature stores, data quality and validation, and building systems for data-centric AI development
Preferred
You have contributed to open-source projects in the AI/ML space
You are an active member of AI/ML or MLOps communities
Benefits
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+
Competitive global benefits
Healthcare
Dental
Parental planning
Mental health benefits
A 401(k) plan and match
Paid time off
Fitness reimbursements
A discounted employee stock purchase plan
Company
Datadog
Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services.
1001-5000 employees
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2023 (45)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.02BKey Investors
ICONIQ GrowthIndex VenturesOpenView
2024-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $870M
2020-05-28Post Ipo Debt
2019-09-19IPO
Leadership Team
Olivier Pomel
Co-founder, CEO
Alexis Le-Quoc
Co-founder & CTO
Recent News
2025-12-18
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