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Data Scientist - Intern

AT Datadog
Datadog

Data Scientist - Intern

Paris, France

The Team:

The Data Science team designs and builds AI features integrated into the Datadog app. Our work is focussed around four pillars: proactive alerts, investigation and remediation help, incident management, and powering other Datadog’s products. You can read about some of our work in our Datadog blog: anomaly detection, error outliers,  faulty deployment analysis, and more recently, Toto: our state of the art time series foundational model.

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The Opportunity:

As an intern on the Data Science team, you will join a cross-functional team of engineers and data scientists. You will work on existing or new Datadog products, improving the quality of the existing algorithms that power these features or develop new algorithms to support new products. You will also work closely with our engineering and product partners and get the opportunity to develop your product mindset, collaboration, and communication skills.

 

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

 

What You’ll Do:

  • Design solutions for our different use cases, research and benchmark relevant algorithms to find the best fit for our use cases
  • Leverage machine learning algorithms and statistical techniques to build new highly scalable product features
  • Contribute to the development, deployment and monitoring of new and existing features in production
  • Participate in our journal club by reading and presenting back to the team the latest academic research papers 
  • Explore, analyze and tell the story behind the extremely high volumes of data flowing through Datadog systems 
  • Help maintain and monitor the models, services and infrastructure owned by your team

 

Who You Are:

  • You will graduate in 2025 with a degree in machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistics, or a relevant field 
  • You have experience building machine learning models as part of your studies or for personal projects 
  • You have strong coding skills and a willingness to learn new languages
  • You can explain complex concepts in a simple way enabling you to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences alike
  • You have a strong interest in working in data and AI 
  • You’re excited about building a product and working in a product-led company
  • You are available to complete a 6-month internship starting in February, March, April, May, or June 2025 (we are unable to accommodate internships starting at any other time)

 

Bonus Points:

  • You have experience applying machine learning to real business problems
  • You’ve written production data pipelines
  • You have experience working with high-scale systems and data

 

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. 

 

Benefits and Growth: 

  • Mentorship opportunities with team members, leadership, and beyond
  • Continuous professional development and product training opportunities
  • Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • In-person intern cohort and monthly company social events
  • An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
  • Relocation support and travel benefits
  • Unlimited snacks and drinks in our office; catered lunches on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
  • Beautiful offices in convenient locations


Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

 

Please ensure that you submit your CV/resume in English.

 

About Datadog: 

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

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. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

Your Privacy:

Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.

Client-provided location(s): Paris, France
Job ID: 6168493
Employment Type: Intern