Research Manager - Foundation & World Models at Datadog

Company: Datadog
Location: Paris, France
Employment type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-09-30

About the role

As a Research Manager within Datadog AI Research (DAIR), you will lead a team working on fundamental research in foundation models and world models while remaining deeply engaged in the technical direction of the work. You will advance large-scale pre-training and multimodal learning across the diverse signals generated by distributed systems, including metrics, traces, logs, topology, and events. 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.…

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