Research Manager - Foundation & World Models · Paris

About the Company

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. It is trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead research in foundation models and multimodal learning
• Guide and mentor researchers and research engineers
• Train large-scale multimodal models on diverse telemetry data
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate research advances into products
• Contribute to research publications and present at top-tier conferences

Requirements

• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Deep expertise in foundation models, world models, multimodal learning, or generative modeling
• Extensive hands-on experience designing, training, or evaluating large-scale deep learning models
• Track record of research impact through influential publications or significant contributions
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing teams of researchers or engineers

Skills & Tools

Benefits

• High income earning opportunities based on individual performance
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development and product training
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for networking
• Access to Inclusion Talks and Community Guilds

Additional Information

Datadog values diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life to apply, even if they do not meet all qualifications.