This role pays more than
92%
of similar roles. Most pay
$180,262–$256,875
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$310k
versus about
$219k
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.
Staff Applied Scientist - Agentic Interfaces joins the Agentic Interfaces team to define what constitutes a high-quality experience for AI agents interacting with observability, security, and software delivery data. This role focuses on building measurement systems, evaluation strategies, and regression harnesses to ensure agent performance improves over time. You will develop eval datasets, golden traces, and metrics covering answer quality, tool-selection accuracy, retrieval relevance, latency, and token costs. The position involves conducting applied research on non-deterministic trajectories, large tool catalogs, and hallucination control while partnering with AI engineers to improve the underlying platform. Key responsibilities include providing technical leadership through design reviews and mentorship while representing the team externally. You will solve complex problems regarding agent-data interaction for both first-party and third-party integrations using advanced machine learning and generative AI methodologies in a product-driven environment.
What does a Applied Scientist earn?
Median $208800 from 47 postings across 10 companies.