This role pays more than
82%
of similar roles. Most pay
$161,250–$231,237
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$248k
versus about
$196k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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 Senior Applied Scientist on the Applied AI team, you will design, build, and scale machine learning powered features within the platform. You will work closely with engineering and product partners to research and benchmark algorithms, develop production data pipelines, and monitor models and infrastructure. Your daily responsibilities include analyzing high volumes of streaming data to solve problems like anomaly detection, error outliers, and faulty deployment analysis. The role requires expertise in machine learning algorithms, statistical techniques, and the ability to translate complex ideas for non-technical audiences. You will also participate in a journal club to present academic research papers. To succeed, you must be proficient in building models for high-scale systems while prioritizing code simplicity and performance to deliver robust features within the observability and security product space.
What does a Applied Scientist earn?
Median $208800 from 47 postings across 10 companies.
Machine Learning
Anomaly Detection
Large Language Models
Deep Learning
Causal Inference
Statistical Machine Learning
Data Mining
System Design
Low-latency Pipelines
Experimentation Frameworks
Model Operationalization
Generative AI
Machine Learning
PyTorch
DeepSpeed
Megatron-LM
CUDA
Reinforcement Learning
Distributed Training
Foundation Models
World Models
Data Pipelines
GPU Programming
SRE
Cloud Observability
Anomaly Detection
Root Cause Analysis