Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector

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.