AI-Driven Principal Engineer, Public Sector

Scale AI; City Of London; Presencial; GBP 150.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Scale AI in London seeks a Principal Software Engineer for the Global Public Sector. You’ll shape technical approaches with clients, design architectures, and rapidly turn ideas into working prototypes across AI agents and data systems.

You’ll mentor a young engineering team, raise engineering standards, and collaborate with senior executives while traveling to client sites as engagements require.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Math or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of post-graduation software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of applying AI/ML in production environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills with bringing early-stage ideas to prototypes.
• Deep expertise in system design, cloud ML tools and platforms.
• Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating with clients.

Responsabilidades

• Take on the hardest technical problems across programs and help solve when stuck.
• Lead the technical side of early engagements with clients.
• Build prototypes including AI agents, evaluation pipelines and data systems.
• Define technology and architecture for scalable, secure solutions.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the team.
• Collaborate with Directors and client executives; travel as required.
• Turn patterns from the field into reusable platform capabilities.

Conocimientos

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

Java

C++

AI/ML production

Cloud architectures

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

AWS

GCP

Azure

Descripción del empleo

Scale AI in London seeks a Principal Software Engineer for the Global Public Sector. You’ll shape technical approaches with clients, design architectures, and rapidly turn ideas into working prototypes across AI agents and data systems.

You’ll mentor a young engineering team, raise engineering standards, and collaborate with senior executives while traveling to client sites as engagements require.