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Research Manager - Post-Training for Agents

DatadogNew York, NY

$244,000–305,000/yr

Posted Oct 13, 2026

What you’d do

Lead research in agent post-training and reinforcement learning, setting technical direction and mentoring researchers while staying hands-on with experimentation and model development. Design RL approaches, build simulated environments and evaluation frameworks, and publish at conferences like NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICML. Found on the employer's careers page on Oct 13, 2026. Apply through the link.

You’ll need

  • PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Deep expertise in reinforcement learning, AI agents, post-training, or generative modeling
  • Experience guiding and mentoring researchers and research engineers
  • Experience with model development and experimentation
  • Research publication record

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