Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector at Scale AI

Scale AI | Public Sector | Staff Software Engineer

The Public Sector software engineers develop core product building blocks for forward-deployed teams creating agentic capabilities across multiple domains.

Key Capabilities Include

Create multi-layered guardrails around agents

Optimize data retrieval for agents

Orchestrate fleets of asynchronous agents

Automatically alert users to deviations in data

Illustrate how an agent reached a decision

Primary Responsibilities

Orchestrate feature implementation across Federal teams for architectural consistency

Define technical strategy for agentic guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration

Ensure system reliability across multiple security classifications

Mentor engineers on stakeholder requirement definition and acceptance gathering

Communicate high-level technical trade-offs and implementation strategies to senior government stakeholders and Scale C-Suite members

Influence long-term product strategy for Federal business unit

Consult on AI-powered solution architecture for large-scale federal contracts

Required Skills & Tech Stack

Full Stack Development: Front-end, back-end, infrastructure; modern web frameworks, programming languages, databases

Cloud-Native Technologies: AWS, Azure, GCP; Docker containerization; Kubernetes orchestration

Data Engineering: ETL processes, data pipelines, diverse data source integration; data modeling, warehousing, governance

AI Application Integration: Familiarity with integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) and building agentic workflows. Understanding of prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agent orchestration.

Collaboration & Communication: Cross-functional teamwork, stakeholder engagement

Adaptability: Learning agility, technology adoption

Salary Ranges

San Francisco, New York, Seattle: $252,000 - $362,000

Washington DC, Texas, Colorado: $227,200 - $326,000

St. Louis: $188,800 - $272,000

Benefits include equity grants, comprehensive health coverage, learning stipends, and PTO.