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Junaid Ahmed

Critic · DISC type C
Member at New York CTO Club
📍 United States

Junaid Ahmed is the Vice President of AI and Applications at Datadog, where he leads the development of AI, applications, and software delivery services. An expert in observability and distributed systems with a Masters from the University of Washington, he previously held senior engineering roles at Apple and Microsoft. Colleagues describe him as proactive, result-oriented, and customer-focused.

He co-designed and led the development of Microsoft’s web data and knowledge stack, the core infrastructure that powers products like Bing, Azure, and Office.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Member
Job Level
Senior
Location
United States
Personality Overview

How Junaid shows up

Critic
Precise
ROI Driven

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.

Priorities

Topics Junaid cares about

Cloud Observability
He leads observability product development at Datadog and has spoken on the topic at major industry events like AWS re: Invent.
AI in Engineering
His current role involves leading teams on AI-powered DevSecOps capabilities and autonomous coding agents to enhance engineering operations.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Member
New York CTO Club
1-2022
Vice President Of Engineering
Datadog
12-2020 - 1-2022
Director Of Engineering
Apple
10-2005 - 12-2020
General Manager / Partner Group Engineering Manager
Microsoft
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
University of Washington
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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