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Mid LevelFull-timePythonKubernetesGitGoAI
Salary Range
$102,000 - $138,000 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Risk Engineering program at Datadog. This role focuses on designing and building AI-powered systems that transform how we manage risk at scale, balancing compliance, security, and business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- →Develop Go-based services that integrate with LLMs to automate and augment risk workflows
- →Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate prototyping, iteration, and implementation
- →Design and implement prompt architectures for risk classification, control mapping, exception analysis, and policy interpretation
- →Build structured evaluation frameworks to measure LLM quality, hallucination rates, determinism, and decision accuracy
- →Implement automation for risk management workflows, including triage, remediation tracking, exception handling, and integrations with internal systems
- →Build evaluation loops to continuously improve prompt performance and model outputs
- →Design schemas and structured data models for risk registers, control libraries, policy exceptions, and evidence artifacts
- →Improve traceability between risks, controls, policies, and exceptions using intelligent automation
Requirements
- ✓2+ years of experience in software engineering, building and operating production systems at scale
- ✓Hands-on experience with modern programming languages, ideally Go and Python
- ✓Active use of AI-assisted coding tools and comfortable building systems
- ✓Comfort experimenting with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) and building AI-powered tools
- ✓Experience working with APIs and distributed systems
- ✓Demonstrated ability to independently break down complex problems, drive solutions, and execute with minimal supervision
- ✓Strong written and verbal communication skills
- ✓Curiosity about AI systems and their limitations
- ✓Solid foundation in software development best practices
- ✓Self-motivated and able to take initiative in building programs that scale impact
Benefits
- ★Competitive salary and equity package
- ★Comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits
- ★401(k) plan and match
- ★Paid time off
- ★Fitness reimbursements
- ★Discounted employee stock purchase plan
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