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Senior Staff GenAI Engineer - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Datadog INC · 🇺🇸 New York, New York, USA
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 64 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 14 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Datadog INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles22 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in NY: $205k–$245k, median $225k. Most were filed at wage level IV (73%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 64 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 14 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
We’re looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer with deep experience in GenAI/ML to join Datadog’s Application Performance Monitoring (APM) team. APM is a product which provides deep visibility into applications, enabling users to identify performance bottlenecks, troubleshoot issues, and optimize services. With distributed tracing, profiling, out-of-the-box dashboards, and seamless correlation with other telemetry data, Datadog APM provides some of the deepest and most structured visibility into the health and performance of applications. This context sets us up for an opportunity to be the world leaders in agentic investigations and incident troubleshooting. You’ll act as a technical leader within the APM group, focused on agentic workflows. You’ll lead efforts to design, train, evaluate, and deploy GenAI/ML models at scale. We’re looking for a product-minded ML engineer with strong technical expertise, excellent communication skills, and a track record of driving impactful initiatives end to end. 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. What You’ll Do: • Serve as the technical owner for GenAI initiatives within APM, leading design, development, and deployment of ML/AI-powered features across multiple teams. • Guide long-term strategy and technical direction for GenAI workflows across APM and related products. • Build and benchmark GenAI/ML models using state-of-the-art techniques. • Contribute to Datadog’s broader senior engineering community through thought leadership and collaboration on company-wide initiatives. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build automated investigation and triaging tools. • Influence product direction by bringing a strong product mindset to your work, always advocating for the end user. • Guide teams through ambiguity, scaling challenges, and evolving requirements with clear technical direction. • Actively mentor engineers and influence engineering culture through leadership in design reviews, technical talks, and working groups. Who You Are: • You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience • 10+ years of relevant engineering experience, including 4+ years leading cross-team technical initiatives. • Proven track record of leading large-scale GenAI/ML initiatives in a product-driven environment • You’re highly proficient in model development, deployment, evaluation, and optimization, with hands-on experience in building end-to-end ML systems. • Ability to drive initiatives across cross-functional teams, and solve ambiguous challenges • You are passionate about mentoring others and cultivating a high-performing engineering culture. • You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output • Bonus: You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products 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. Benefits and Growth: • Get to build tools for software engineers, just like yourself. And use the tools we build to accelerate our development. • Have a lot of influence on product direction and impact on the business . • Work with skilled, knowledgeable, and kind teammates who are happy to teach and learn • Competitive global benefits • Continuous professional development Benefits and Growth listed ab