Data Scientist - job 1 of 2

About Datadog:

We're on a mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at high scale—trillions of data points per day—allowing for seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops and Security teams globally for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way.

The Opportunity:

You will be joining a fantastic team of data scientists and software engineers working within a collaborative environment and with the best technologies for performing data science at high scale.

You Will:

• Research and benchmark the latest algorithms that can be used for our use-cases.
• Apply machine learning algorithms and statistical techniques to build new product features.
• Deploy a new feature to production, instantly affecting customers with your work.
• Present the latest academic research papers to your team.
• Mentor other data scientists on your team.
• Explore and find meaning in extremely high volumes of data.
• Own your models, services and infrastructure from end-to-end.

You Are:

• You have 2 + years professional experience.
• You have mastered working with data and building models in Python.
• You have significant experience applying machine learning to real business problems.
• You want to work in a fast, high-growth environment and thrive on autonomy.
• You care about code simplicity and performance.
• You can explain complex ideas and algorithms in understandable ways.

Bonus Points:

• You’ve written production data pipelines.
• You’re familiar with time series analysis.
• You have experience working with high-scale systems and data.

Why You Should Apply:

• Generous and competitive global and US benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
• Best in breed onboarding
• Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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