AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)

The role

You will conduct research in generative AI and machine learning to build specialized foundation models and trained agents for observability. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate research advances into products.

What you will do

• Conduct research in generative AI and machine learning
• Build specialized foundation models and trained agents for observability
• Train multimodal models on large-scale, diverse telemetry data using distributed training infrastructure
• Design and build simulated environments and RL training loops
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate capabilities into products
• Stay at the forefront of foundation models, world models, and RL-based agent research
• Contribute to research publications
• Present at top-tier conferences
• Help open-source key model artifacts and benchmarks

Required qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Deep expertise in generative modeling, world models, AI agents, reinforcement learning, or multimodal learning
• Extensive experience designing and implementing deep learning models and agents
• 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

Nice to have

• Experience bridging research and real-world product applications
• Passion for pushing the boundaries of AI with a focus on customer impact and scalable deployment
• Experience writing production data pipelines and applications
• Hands-on experience with GPU programming and optimization, including CUDA

Benefits

• Competitive global benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs)
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Opportunity to attend and present at conferences and meetups
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program
• Inclusive company culture and Community Guilds
• Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits
• 401(k) plan and match
• Paid time off
• Fitness reimbursements

About the company

Datadog is a global SaaS business and the leading observability and security platform for the AI era. It provides unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale.