Research Manager - Post-Training for Observability Native Models

As a Research Manager within Datadog AI Research (DAIR), you will lead a team working on fundamental research in post-training and multimodal observability-native decision models while remaining deeply engaged in the technical direction of the work. You will advance post-training approaches, 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 research scientists and 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.