Research Manager - Post-Training for Agents

New York, New York, USA

Dev Eng

About the Role

At Datadog in the Technology space, Observe, Secure, and Optimize Modern Cloud Infrastructure at Scale.

As a Research Manager within Datadog AI Research (DAIR), you will lead a team working on fundamental research in post-training and autonomous agents while remaining deeply engaged in the technical direction of the work. You will advance reinforcement learning, simulated environments, synthetic data generation, and evaluation methods for agents operating across complex real-world systems. You will provide technical leadership to a team of researchers and research engineers, mentor and develop highly technical talent, shape research direction, and collaborate with Datadog’s product and engineering teams to translate research advances into products. This role is designed for an exceptional researcher or technical leader who wants to maintain a strong hands-on research identity while developing and leading a high-performing team.&nbsp;

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.&nbsp;

What You'll Do:&nbsp;

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<li>Lead research in agent post-training and reinforcement learning, setting the technical direction for ambitious research programs grounded in observability and security</li>

<li>Guide and mentor researchers and research engineers while remaining closely involved in research strategy, experimentation, model development, and technical problem-solving&nbsp;</li>

<li>Design and advance reinforcement learning approaches, post-training methods, and training loops for agents operating in complex environments&nbsp;</li>

<li>Build simulated environments, synthetic data generation approaches, and evaluation frameworks that enable scalable agent training a

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Datadog is a leading Cloud company that provides monitoring and analytics solutions. The company operates a global presence with headquarters in New York serving as the primary operational base for key executive leadership and corporate functions including engineering, product, sales, and executive leadership. Datadog maintains additional offices across the Americas in Boston, Denver, San Francisco, and throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, and South America.

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Datadog is an established organization in its industry. The company focuses on maintaining a supportive workplace culture for all employees.

Key benefit categories include: Financial Benefits, Health & Wellness, Work-Life Balance, Community & Growth. You can view more details on their CertCheck profile.

The day-to-day environment is guided by core values such as Collaborative Problem-Solving and Ownership Mentality and Continuous Learning Culture.

The company has committed to inclusive practices including: Empower Ownership and Accountability and Champion Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging.

Datadog has a supportive and collaborative culture, recognized as a loved place to work by its team members.

Datadog currently has 433 open positions. They are hiring across departments like Finance, Dev Eng, Engineering Interns. You can view all current openings at certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/datadog/jobs.

The interview process typically involves an initial recruiter screen followed by team interviews. Please contact Datadog's recruiting team for specific details on this role's process.