Staff Applied Scientist

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Staff Applied Scientist - Observability Data Platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and prototype intelligent systems for AI-native observability
• Lead efforts applying reinforcement learning and hybrid approaches to infrastructure-level decision-making
• Collaborate with AI researchers and platform engineers to design experimentation loops and verifiers

Required Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering, database internals, or infrastructure research
• Strong software engineering foundation in C++, Rust, Go, or Python
• Deep expertise in query optimization, data center scheduling, or reinforcement learning
• Experience applying search, planning, or learning techniques to solve optimization problems