Staff Research Scientist - Post-Training for Agents

Posted

DatadogNew York, New York, USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAfull-timestaff

$320,000 USD

Tech Stack

Responsibilities

  • Drive research in agent post-training and reinforcement learning, shaping technical direction grounded in observability and security
  • Design and advance reinforcement learning systems, training loops, and simulated environments for autonomous agents
  • Build synthetic data generation pipelines and evaluation frameworks enabling scalable agent training
  • Mentor other researchers and engineers, elevating standards for experimental rigor across the team
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate research achievements into scalable Datadog product capabilities

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Equity
  • Gym Membership
  • Health Insurance
  • Learning Budget

Culture

Cross-Functional TeamsMentorship ProgramWork-Life BalanceInclusive Hiring

Requirements

Required: PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Regions: Us

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