This role pays more than
98%
of similar roles. Most pay
$184,900–$264,453
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$385k
versus about
$225k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Datadog
Datadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.
Datadog currently has
266 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$161,000–$205,000
across 138 roles with salary data.
As a Distinguished Architect, AI within the Product Solutions Architecture team, you will serve as a technical multiplier for leading AI labs and companies. You will bridge the gap between advanced infrastructure aspirations and the company roadmap to solve unique observability challenges for training and deploying foundational models at scale. Your daily responsibilities include providing strategic advisory to founders and research leads, conducting deep-dive architecture reviews, and identifying emerging technology shifts to inform product management. You will collaborate across teams to co-create custom integrations while assisting in recruiting top talent. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, high-performance computing, accelerator hardware like GPUs and TPUs, and modern orchestration frameworks. You must possess a deep understanding of the AI/LLM ecosystem, LLM Observability, and the technical requirements for managing high-throughput hyper-scale workloads.
What does a Architect earn?
Median $235750 from 31 postings across 17 companies.
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