Datadog

Senior Applied Scientist

Datadog$220K — $275K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning or related field
  • Experience with high-scale systems and datasets
  • Proficiency in building and deploying machine learning models
  • Ability to simplify complex concepts for non-technical audiences
  • Commitment to code simplicity and performance
  • Interest in user-facing product development

Responsibilities

  • Design solutions tailored to various use cases
  • Leverage machine learning and statistical techniques for scalable features
  • Develop, deploy, and monitor features in production
  • Participate in the journal club by reviewing academic research
  • Analyze and interpret high volumes of data
  • Maintain and oversee models, services, and team infrastructure
  • Engage in team on-call rotation

Benefits

  • Competitive global benefits
  • Stock equity packages and employee stock purchase plan
  • Collaborative opportunities across New York and Paris offices
  • Networking through conferences and meetups
  • Intra-departmental mentorship program
  • Inclusive company culture and Community Guilds involvement
Full Job Description
The Applied AI team designs and builds algorithmically driven features in the Datadog app. We work across a range of applications, primarily focusing on analysis on streaming data such as anomaly detection, error outliers and faulty deployment analysis. As an Applied Scientist you will work on building models and algorithms for machine learning powered features within the Datadog platform. You will work closely with our engineering and product partners to explore, build, scale and deliver these features that we incubate within the Applied AI team.

What You'll Do:
  • Design solutions for our different use cases. You will research and benchmark relevant algorithms to find the best fit for our use-cases
  • Leverage machine learning algorithms and statistical techniques to build new scalable product features
  • Develop, deploy and monitor new and existing features to production
  • Participate in our journal club by reading and presenting the latest academic research papers to the team
  • Explore, analyze and tell the story behind high volumes of data flowing through Datadog systems
  • Maintain and monitor the models, services and infrastructure owned by your team
  • Participate in your team's on-call rotation

Who You Are:
  • You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning or related scientific field or equivalent experience
  • You have experience working with high-scale systems and datasets including building models, applying machine learning to real business problems, and writing production data pipelines
  • You can explain complex ideas and algorithms to non-technical audiences
  • You care about code simplicity and performance
  • You are excited to work on a user-facing product

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 technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:
  • Competitive global benefits
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Opportunity to collaborate closely with colleagues across the Datadog offices in New York City and Paris
  • Opportunity to attend and present at conferences and meetups
  • Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)

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

#LI-Hybrid

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

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

$220,000-$275,000 USD

About Datadog

Datadog is a monitoring and analytics platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. The company was founded in 2010 by Olivier Pomel and Alexis Lê-Quôc and is headquartered in New York City. Datadog's platform assists organizations in improving agility, increasing efficiency, and providing end-to-end visibility across dynamic or high-scale infrastructures. The company's SaaS-based data analytics platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of customers' entire technology stack. Datadog's customers include Airbnb, Twilio, and The Washington Post.
Learn more about Datadog
Size
3,200 employees
Market Cap
$22.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$24.5 million
Founded
2010
Revenue
$603.4 million
NASDAQ

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