Datadog

Staff AI Engineer - MCP Services

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23 days ago
Madrid, Spain or Paris, France
Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Lead efforts to improve Datadog’s public-facing MCP server.
  • Design and implement agentic tool surfaces for AI agents.
  • Build and maintain advanced evaluation pipelines for agent performance.
  • Investigate and resolve failure cases by analyzing tool output.
  • Collaborate across teams to align on standards for tool integration.

Requirements

  • Experienced Staff-level engineer with a strong background in applied AI.
  • Comfortable working in high ambiguity and fast-changing environments.
  • Skilled in building evaluation frameworks for LLM agents or AI systems.
  • Bonus: Experience with MCP standards or agent-compatible tooling.
  • Strong systems thinking and ability to reason across multiple agents.

Benefits

  • Generous and competitive benefits package.
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan.
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities.
  • Employee-focused best in class onboarding.
  • Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program.
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture.

Tech Stack

Datadog

Categories

AI & ML