Datadog
Senior Applied Scientist
New York, New York, USA · Senior
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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$17,182 more — $237,182 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $237,182 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Computer and Information Research Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Computer and Information Research Scientists (15-1221) · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- We work across a range of applications, primarily focusing on analysis on streaming data such as anomaly detection, error outliers and faulty deployment analysis.
- We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one.
- Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence.
Responsibilities
- Design solutions for our different use cases. You will research and benchmark relevant algorithms to find the best fit for our use-cases
- Develop, deploy and monitor new and existing features to production
- Maintain and monitor the models, services and infrastructure owned by your team
- The Applied AI team designs and builds algorithmically driven features in the Datadog app.
- 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.
- Opportunity to collaborate closely with colleagues across the Datadog offices in New York City and Paris
Requirements
- You can explain complex ideas and algorithms to non-technical audiences
- You are excited to work on a user-facing product
- An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
Compensation
- $220,000 - $275,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive global benefits
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation.
- Leverage machine learning algorithms and statistical techniques to build new scalable product features
- 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
- As an Applied Scientist you will work on building models and algorithms for machine learning powered features within the Datadog platform.
- Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Company info
- It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers.
- 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.
- At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together.
- Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity at Datadog:
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- t 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
This listing is sourced directly from Datadog's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.