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AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)

Datadog· Datadog AI Research (DAIR)
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Hybrid (New York, NY / Pittsburgh, PA)$320k - $400kfull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Research Scientist role focusing on fundamental AI/ML research to build foundation models and trained agents for observability, collaborating with product and engineering to translate research into Datadog products.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct research in generative AI and machine learning, building specialized foundation models and trained agents for observability
  • Train multimodal models on large-scale, diverse telemetry data (metrics, logs, traces, topology, events) using distributed training infrastructure
  • Design and build simulated environments and RL training loops for on-policy agent training and evaluation
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering) to integrate capabilities like multimodal world modeling and autonomous agents into Datadog's products
  • Stay at the forefront of foundation models, world models, and RL-based agent research
  • Contribute to research publications, present at top-tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML), and help open-source key model artifacts and benchmarks

Qualifications

  • PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, with deep expertise in generative modeling, world models, AI agents, reinforcement learning, or multimodal learning (or equivalent experience)
  • Extensive experience designing and implementing deep learning models and agents, with a strong background in distributed training frameworks (e.g., DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM) and ML libraries (PyTorch)
  • Track record of impactful publications at top-tier venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, TMLR)
  • Familiarity with efficient training, post-training, and inference techniques for large foundation models
  • Ability to explain complex models and research findings to technical and non-technical audiences

Skills

Required:Generative modelingDistributed trainingPyTorch

Benefits

  • Competitive global benefits
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in New York City and Paris
  • Opportunity to attend and present at conferences and meetups
  • Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program
  • Inclusive culture with Community Guilds (employee resource groups)
  • Benefits and Growth may vary based on country and employment type
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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