Senior Security Researcher

The Security Research team at Datadog tracks the evolving threat landscape and develops impactful detection content for our Security platform. As a Security Researcher focused on Generative AI, you’ll explore the security assumptions of foundational AI models, uncover vulnerabilities, and share your findings through detection content, product improvements, open-source contributions, and public research. You’ll work alongside a diverse group of hackers and builders, collaborate across teams, and help drive our leadership in the security community through publications, vulnerability disclosures, and conference presentations. This is a high-impact opportunity to help shape the security posture of AI technologies across Datadog and our customers. 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. Lead research initiativesացած identify novel vulnerabilities and threats in Generative AI and large language model (LLM) technologies Translate findings into actionable detection content, product improvements, and engineering backlogs Collaborate with product managers, detection engineers, and software teams to integrate research into Datadog’s platform Share research through blog posts, conference talks, and open‑source contributions to promote customer trust and industry awareness Engage with external stakeholders—including cloud providers and open‑source communities—for responsible disclosure and remediation Familiar with the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs and the application of traditional security principles (e.g., input handling, access control) to AI environments Background in offensive security, penetration testing, or vulnerability research in cloud or SaaS environments Able to independently plan and execute research projects withეგმ stakeholder alignment Skilled in communicating complex findings clearly—through ?) documentation, internal sharing, or public forums Proficient in programming languages such as Go, Python, or Rust for building tools and systems for research Experience working in a Security Research organization. Experience presenting your research at large conferences. Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing Interdepartmental mentor and buddy program for in‑house networking An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups) Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+ Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technologyми аль стек. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. 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,Theo 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.