Scale AI23 days ago

Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector

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Responsibilities

  • 01Embed with government customers to understand their mission, scope the problem, and turn it into working software
  • 02Own delivery end-to-end: design, build, deploy, and maintain solutions at customer sites, from prototype to stable production
  • 03Build robust backend systems and data integrations that connect customer environments to Scale's platform and back
  • 04Partner 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
  • 05Serve as the technical point of contact for customer stakeholders, guiding adoption and maximizing mission impact

Requirements

  • 015+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in customer-facing, forward-deployed, or government contexts
  • 02Strong production coding in Python and TypeScript (or comparable modern languages)
  • 03Comfort across the stack, including cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containers, Linux, and networking fundamentals
  • 04Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and make sound trade-offs under pressure
  • 05An active TS/SCI clearance

What we offer

  • 01This role requires significant time on-site with customers
  • 02Expect 25% travel with up to 50% travel as necessary, and/or relocation to Washington DC or St. Louis
  • 03Compensation packages include base salary, equity, and benefits
  • 04Base salary range for Washington DC/Hawaii: $223,200 — $279,000 USD
  • 05Base salary range for St. Louis/Suffolk: $186,000 — $233,000 USD
  • 06Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO
  • 07This role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend