Senior Software Engineer, Orchestration Platform

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Senior Software Engineer, Orchestration Platform in USA

Scale AI
Full time
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USA
10/09/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and operation of the core orchestration platform.
Build durable workflow infrastructure using Temporal, Cadence, Kubernetes, and cloud-native systems.
Define APIs and platform primitives for scheduling, retries, state management, task execution, observability, and workflow lifecycle management.
Partner with product, infrastructure, data, and application teams to develop reusable platform capabilities.
Improve service reliability, scalability, security, and developer experience.
Establish technical standards for distributed workflow development, deployment, testing, and incident response.
Drive cross-functional technical decisions and communicate platform direction to engineers and stakeholders.

Requirements

5+ years of full-time software engineering experience focused on backend, infrastructure, and distributed systems.
Experience building and operating production systems with strong reliability, availability, and scalability requirements.
Deep familiarity with workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal, Cadence, AWS Step Functions, Kubernetes, or similar systems.
Deep familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized production environments, plus familiarity with Terraform and Docker.
Strong knowledge of distributed-systems concepts including asynchronous execution, retries, idempotency, fault tolerance, state management, and observability.
Track record of leading technically complex projects from design through rollout and ongoing operation.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred experience with Snowflake, Firebolt, Dagster, dbt, Zanzibar, or similar authentication and authorization systems.
Experience scaling products at hyper-growth startups and enthusiasm for AI technologies are preferred.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
Retirement benefits, learning and development stipend, and generous PTO.
The role may be eligible for a commuter stipend and equity compensation.
Full-time position with a stated base salary range of $216,000–$270,000 USD for San Francisco, New York, and Seattle locations.
Location is determined by the job posting subtitle.

Salary: $216k - $270k/yr

Scale AI

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