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Software Engineer, Public Sector in USA

  • Scale AI
  • Full time
  • Email
  • St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable backend systems for federal customers using cloud-native AI infrastructure.
  • Build agentic features including multi-layered guardrails, data retrieval optimization, asynchronous agent orchestration, automated deviation alerts, and decision explanations.
  • Develop data pipelines and machine learning infrastructure to make diverse data sources accessible by agents.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver backend solutions for secure environments.
  • Participate in customer engagements to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions.
  • Define requirements with stakeholders and implement features through stakeholder acceptance.
  • Contribute to the Federal business platform roadmap and product strategy.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in front-end and back-end development, infrastructure, modern web development frameworks, programming languages, and databases.
  • Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP and developing and deploying applications in cloud-native environments.
  • Knowledge of ETL processes, data pipelines, data modeling, data warehousing, and data governance principles.
  • Familiarity with integrating large language models and building agentic workflows, with understanding of prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and agent orchestration beneficial.
  • Understanding of Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, adaptability, and learning-agility skills.
  • Ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences and work effectively with stakeholders and customers.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement benefits.
  • Learning and development stipend.
  • Generous paid time off.
  • Potential commuter stipend depending on eligibility.
  • Full-time position with location-specific base salary ranges for San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Hawaii, Washington DC, Texas, Colorado, and St. Louis.

Salary: $135k - $259k/yr

Scale AI

Scale’s mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world’s most important decisions. We provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world’s leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact....

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