AI Research Engineer - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)

AI Research Engineer – Datadog AI Research (DAIR)

New York, New York, USA

As a research engineer on our team, you will partner with research scientists to turn research ideas into working systems; building the data, tooling, and infrastructure that enable rapid iteration, trustworthy evaluation, and a smooth path from prototype to production.

Building on our proven track record of AI-powered solutions (e.g.,

Bits AI

Watchdog

, and

Toto

), Datadog AI Research is tackling high-risk, high-reward projects grounded in real-world challenges in cloud observability and security.

We are currently focused on three key research areas :

Observability Foundation Models – Building state-of-the-art models for advanced forecasting, anomaly detection, and multi-modal telemetry analysis (logs, metrics, traces, etc.). These models will also provide the foundation for our agents (described below) to natively analyze telemetry data.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Autonomous Agents – Creating AI agents to automatically detect, diagnose, and resolve incidents in production environments, pushing the boundaries of multi-step planning, reasoning, and domain-specific knowledge.

Production Code Repair Agents – Developing agents and models that leverage code, logs, runtime data, and other signals to identify, fix, and even preempt performance issues and security vulnerabilities in production code.

What You'll Do :

• Build and operate datasets, training and evaluation pipelines, benchmarks, and internal tooling
• Implement models, run experiments at scale, and profile for reliability, performance, and cost
• Orchestrate distributed training and distributed RL with Ray, including scheduling, scaling, and failure recovery
• Make the research stack observable, reproducible, and easier to use
• Establish rigorous automated benchmarks and regression tests for forecasting, anomaly detection, multi-modal analysis, agents, and code repair tasks
• Collaborate with Research Scientists, Product, and Engineering to integrate advanced AI capabilities into Datadog's product ecosystem and to harden prototypes into reliable services
• Contribute high-quality code, documentation, and open-source artifacts that enable the community and internal teams to reproduce, extend, and evaluate results

Who You Are :

Bonus Points :

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you're passionate about AI Research and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth :

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is :

$140,000 — $400,000 USD

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 technology stacks. 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. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. 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, gender 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.

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