Engineering Manager I, Threat Detection
Core
Lead a high-performing team to build and execute Datadog's AI-accelerated threat detection and response strategy, combining direct detection expertise with platform engineering.
Role type
Engineering Manager, Threat Detection
Builds
Detection-authoring agents, the detection platform powering production rules, coverage analysis tools, alert triage automation, and evaluation infrastructure.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Security operations/detection engineering/incident response experience, modern threat actor techniques knowledge, technical credibility in code review (Python) and system architecture, automation system design for security workflows, SaaS/cloud infrastructure security scale experience, experienced people leadership.
Preferred skills
Threat hunt leadership, translating security research into engineered systems, detection platform design (SIEM pipelines, detection-as-code), observability for detection systems, agentic/ML system lifecycle leadership, safety guardrails for autonomous AI.
Technologies
Python, AI-driven detection systems, SIEM pipelines, CI/CD for security content, agentic/ML systems.
Responsibilities
Lead strategy and roadmap for AI-accelerated detection; drive development of high-fidelity detections; build and mentor a high-performing engineering team; partner with SIRT, CTI, and AI teams; define and track program metrics (coverage, signal quality, fidelity); evangelize the team's mission to leadership and partners.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on technical leadership
