# Senior Applied Scientist at Datadog

- Company: Datadog
- What the company does: See metrics from all of your apps, tools & services in one place with Datadog’s cloud monitoring as a service solution. Try it for free. Backed by Index, CRV and ICONIQ.
- Company website: http://datadoghq.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, New York, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://careers.datadoghq.com/detail/8164181/?gh_jid=8164181
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/datadog-senior-applied-scientist/

## About the role

The Applied AI team designs and builds algorithmically driven features in the Datadog app. We work across a range of applications, primarily focusing on analysis on streaming data such as anomaly detection, error outliers and faulty deployment analysis. As an Applied Scientist you will work on building models and algorithms for machine learning powered features within the Datadog platform.

## What they're looking for

- You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning or related scientific field or equivalent experience
- You have experience working with high-scale systems and datasets including building models, applying machine learning to real business problems, and writing production data pipelines
- You can explain complex ideas and algorithms to non-technical audiences
- You care about code simplicity and performance
- You are excited to work on a user-facing product

Tags: Dev Eng