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Datadog

Senior Product Security Engineer - AI Agents

Datadog is hiring a Senior Product Security Engineer - AI Agents in Atlanta, Boston and Chicago, United States. It pays $192k-$240k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Datadog.

Level's read on this job

  • Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this cybersecurity role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
  • The listed pay starts 21% above the typical cybersecurity posting on Level.
  • The posting allows some remote work.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include AI agents, product security and application security.
  • Level lists 433 other open roles at Datadog.

AI in this role

Own the security architecture and implementation for Datadog's cloud coding agent, focusing on agent security and threat modeling.

ai-agentsproduct-securityapplication-securitythreat-modelingsecurity-architecture

Bits Code is Datadog’s cloud coding agent which fixes the problems that Datadog surfaces, as automatically as possible. You’ll shape the architecture, tools, processes, and culture that keep security risk very low while working hands-on with the team to ship product features quickly.

 

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

 

What You'll Do:

  • Own the security architecture and implementation of Bits Code from early design through production operation.
  • Work with engineering, product, infrastructure, and security teams to identify risks and shape the product.
  • Build threat models for new and existing agent risks such as prompt injection.
  • Help the team ship secure software fast by writing and maintaining core libraries, and guiding processes and culture.
  • Work with our sandbox teams on how Bits Code executes untrusted workloads.
  • Be on call. Datadog culture is that you build it, you run it.

 

Who You Are:

  • You have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related scientific field, or at least 5+ years of professional experience, with a background in product security, application security, or security architecture.
  • You have experience securing systems that operate across complex trust boundaries.
  • You have experience building and operating full stack systems at scale.
  • You are familiar with security risks in agentic systems and have experience designing against them.
  • You make pragmatic security trade-offs.

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:

  • Skilled, knowledgeable, and kind teammates to work with and learn from.
  • Have a lot of influence on product direction and impact on the business.
  • Competitive global benefits.
  • Continuous professional development.
  • An inclusive company culture.

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

 

#LI-Hybrid

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$192,000—$240,000 USD

About Datadog: 

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. 

Datadog endeavors to make our Careers Page accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please complete this form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. 

Privacy and AI Guidelines:

Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice. For information on our AI policy, please visit Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines.

How we rate this

Senior Product Security Engineer - AI Agents at Datadog rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Prepare for this job

Built from this posting and from similar jobs on Level.

Skills and AI tools this role asks for

AI agentsProduct SecurityApplication SecurityThreat ModelingSecurity Architecture

Also common in cybersecurity jobs at this level

Pay

This job starts at
$192k
Typical cybersecurity job
$159k

This posting starts 21% above the typical cybersecurity job. See cybersecurity jobs

Questions you could be asked

  1. How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
  2. Tell me about a project where product security was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where application security was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where threat modeling was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where security architecture was part of your work. What did you do?

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, Product Security, Application Security, Threat Modeling, and Security Architecture. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
  • Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
  • Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.

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