Scale AI
Overview
Scale's public sector business is rapidly expanding, driven by our AI-powered decision-making platform and data labeling services for the Federal government and its customers. Scale is delivering advanced, mission-ready AI capabilities and seeking a hands-on Mission Engineering Manager to lead the mission software engineering team and field engineers in delivering our capabilities to customers. This role requires a deep understanding of the Federal government and its customers. As a Mission Engineering Manager, you will balance your time between technical product planning in the context of customer engagements, coding, and managing a growing team (6-8 engineers). You will hire, train, and lead a high-performing engineering team, ensure successful outcomes for public sector customers, provide technical leadership and mentorship, drive engineering productivity, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute value for customers. You will navigate complex public sector compliance requirements, tailor capabilities to customer requirements, and develop integrations with legacy federal information systems to deliver impact for mission owners. This role requires someone with a TS/SCI clearance who can commute to the Washington, DC office twice a week, travel to customer sites, and attend events. If you have a strong engineering background, experience delivering software in customer environments, and a passion for AI technologies in the public sector, you are invited to join Scale AI in shaping the future of the Federal business. Must be able to commute to the DC office two times per week: 50% Software engineering - customer technical requirement elicitation, technical product planning, and coding 50% Managing a growing team Responsibilities
Recruit a high-performing engineering team Drive engineering productivity; provide guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to a team of researchers and engineers working on Generative AI projects Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver on customer requirements Navigate and deliver outcomes while complying with complex public sector compliance requirements and frameworks Design and implement software solutions for Federal customers, leveraging Scale's modern and cloud-native AI infrastructure Develop distributed systems, data-intensive applications, and machine learning infrastructure to enable real impact for mission owners Provide technical leadership for customer engagements, working with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions Contribute to the platform roadmap and product strategy for Scale AI's Federal business Maintain an active TS/SCI clearance Qualifications
4+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation 2+ years of prior engineering management or equivalent experience Extensive experience in software development Experience in Department of Defense and/or Intelligence Community software development Experience scaling products at hyper-growth startups Excitement to work with AI technologies and their applications for the public sector Strong track record as an individual contributor Proven mentoring and leadership of teams in successful projects Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders Nice to have
Deep technical knowledge of software development; willingness to work closely with the team to solve problems Experience with AI platforms and technologies, including generative models and large language models Previous government or government-facing technology experience Experience with cloud-native technologies, full-stack development, data engineering, and MLOps infrastructure Compensation and Benefits
Compensation packages include base salary, equity, and benefits. The base salary range for the Washington, DC location is $219,420 — $263,304 USD. This range reflects minimum and maximum targets for new hire salaries and may vary by location, skills, experience, and other factors. Eligible roles may include equity-based compensation subject to Board approval. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. This role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend. PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. About Us
At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is a pivotal shift. Our mission is to accelerate this transformation across industries, powering the world’s most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies, government agencies, and enterprises, and we are expanding our team to accelerate AI applications. We are an affirmative action, inclusive, and equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. For assistance, please contact accommodations@scale.com. Please review the Know Your Rights poster and Pay Transparency provisions where applicable. We collect, retain, and use personal data for recruitment and related purposes, in accordance with our privacy policy.
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Scale's public sector business is rapidly expanding, driven by our AI-powered decision-making platform and data labeling services for the Federal government and its customers. Scale is delivering advanced, mission-ready AI capabilities and seeking a hands-on Mission Engineering Manager to lead the mission software engineering team and field engineers in delivering our capabilities to customers. This role requires a deep understanding of the Federal government and its customers. As a Mission Engineering Manager, you will balance your time between technical product planning in the context of customer engagements, coding, and managing a growing team (6-8 engineers). You will hire, train, and lead a high-performing engineering team, ensure successful outcomes for public sector customers, provide technical leadership and mentorship, drive engineering productivity, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute value for customers. You will navigate complex public sector compliance requirements, tailor capabilities to customer requirements, and develop integrations with legacy federal information systems to deliver impact for mission owners. This role requires someone with a TS/SCI clearance who can commute to the Washington, DC office twice a week, travel to customer sites, and attend events. If you have a strong engineering background, experience delivering software in customer environments, and a passion for AI technologies in the public sector, you are invited to join Scale AI in shaping the future of the Federal business. Must be able to commute to the DC office two times per week: 50% Software engineering - customer technical requirement elicitation, technical product planning, and coding 50% Managing a growing team Responsibilities
Recruit a high-performing engineering team Drive engineering productivity; provide guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to a team of researchers and engineers working on Generative AI projects Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver on customer requirements Navigate and deliver outcomes while complying with complex public sector compliance requirements and frameworks Design and implement software solutions for Federal customers, leveraging Scale's modern and cloud-native AI infrastructure Develop distributed systems, data-intensive applications, and machine learning infrastructure to enable real impact for mission owners Provide technical leadership for customer engagements, working with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions Contribute to the platform roadmap and product strategy for Scale AI's Federal business Maintain an active TS/SCI clearance Qualifications
4+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation 2+ years of prior engineering management or equivalent experience Extensive experience in software development Experience in Department of Defense and/or Intelligence Community software development Experience scaling products at hyper-growth startups Excitement to work with AI technologies and their applications for the public sector Strong track record as an individual contributor Proven mentoring and leadership of teams in successful projects Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders Nice to have
Deep technical knowledge of software development; willingness to work closely with the team to solve problems Experience with AI platforms and technologies, including generative models and large language models Previous government or government-facing technology experience Experience with cloud-native technologies, full-stack development, data engineering, and MLOps infrastructure Compensation and Benefits
Compensation packages include base salary, equity, and benefits. The base salary range for the Washington, DC location is $219,420 — $263,304 USD. This range reflects minimum and maximum targets for new hire salaries and may vary by location, skills, experience, and other factors. Eligible roles may include equity-based compensation subject to Board approval. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. This role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend. PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. About Us
At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is a pivotal shift. Our mission is to accelerate this transformation across industries, powering the world’s most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies, government agencies, and enterprises, and we are expanding our team to accelerate AI applications. We are an affirmative action, inclusive, and equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. For assistance, please contact accommodations@scale.com. Please review the Know Your Rights poster and Pay Transparency provisions where applicable. We collect, retain, and use personal data for recruitment and related purposes, in accordance with our privacy policy.
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