Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector

<p>At Scale, we build the AI systems behind some of the countrys most important decisions. On the Public Sector Engineering team, youll embed directly with U.S. government customers, including the Army, Air Force, Joint commands and Intelligence Community, to build and deploy AI applications that support their most critical missions.</p>

<p>This is a hybrid customer-facing engineering role Youll sit with the people whose problems youre solving, own delivery from first prototype to production, and ship software that customers adopt and rely on in the field

Model performance matters, timelines are urgent, and ambiguity is the norm Your work directly shapes what Scales platform can do for the public sector.</p>

<h2><strong>What youll do</strong></h2>

<ul>

<li>Embed with government customers to understand their mission, scope the problem, and turn it into working software.</li>

<li>Own delivery end-to-end: design, build, deploy, and maintain solutions at customer sites, from prototype to stable production.</li>

<li>Build robust backend systems and data integrations that connect customer environments to Scales platform and back.</li>

<li>Partner with product and engineering to feed field signals back into the roadmap, so the patterns you build once become capabilities the whole team can reuse.</li>

<li>Serve as the technical point of contact for customer stakeholders, guiding adoption and maximizing mission impact.</li>

</ul>

<h2><strong>What were looking for</strong></h2>

<p><strong>Required</strong></p>

<ul>

<li>5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in customer-facing, forward-deployed, or government contexts.</li>

<li>Strong production coding in Python and TypeScript (or comparable modern languages).</li>

<li>Comfort across the stack, including cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containers, Linux, and networking fundamentals.</li>

<li>Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and make sound trade-offs under pressure.</li>

<li style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;><strong>An active TS/SCI clearance.</strong></li>

</ul>

<p><strong>Bonus</strong></p>

<ul>

<li>Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models.</li>

<li>Familiarity with Node and React, Kubernetes and Docker, and Terraform.</li>

<li>Data engineering background covering ETL pipelines, data modeling, and data governance.</li>

</ul>

<h2><strong>Location and travel</strong></h2>

<p>This role requires significant time on-site with customers Expect 25% travel with up to 50% travel as necessary, and/or relocation to Washington DC or St Louis.</p><div class=&quot;content-pay-transparency&quot;><div class=&quot;pay-input&quot;><div class=&quot;description&quot;><p><em>Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits

The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training

Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant

Youll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO

Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.</em></p></div><div class=&quot;title&quot;>The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of Washington DC/Hawaii is:</div><div class=&quot;pay-range&quot;><span>$223,200</span><span class=&quot;divider&quot;>&mdash;</span><span>$279,000 USD</span></div></div><div class=&quot;pay-input&quot;><div class=&quot;title&quot;>The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of St

Louis/Suffolk is:</div><div class=&quot;pay-range&quot;><span>$186,000</span><span class=&quot;divider&quot;>&mdash;</span><span>$233,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class=&quot;content-conclusion&quot;><p><strong><em>PLEASE NOTE:&nbsp;</em></strong><em>Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role

This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.</em></p>

<p><strong>About Us:</strong></p>

<p><em>At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the worlds most important decisions Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the worlds leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact

We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, </em><em>Ernst</em><em> </em><em>&amp;</em><em> Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force

We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.</em></p>

<p><em>We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.&nbsp;</em></p>

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