Global AI Engineering Manager — Public Sector

scaleai; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Scale AI is seeking a technical and strategic Engineering Manager to lead our International Public Sector engineering efforts. You will manage the team, design and optimize backend services for AI-driven applications, and collaborate across internal and external customers to ship new features from concept to production.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of relevant experience and at least 2 years managing backend engineers, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality products at scale in

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in engineering leadership or management.
• 2+ years of experience managing back-end engineers preferred.
• Track record of shipping high-quality products and features at scale.
• Ability to turn business and product ideas into engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage the engineering team and drive technical delivery.
• Design, build, and optimize backend services for AI-driven applications, focusing on AI agents, evaluation tooling, and automation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external customers.
• Oversee the product lifecycle from conceptualization through production.
• Build features end-to-end, including system design, debugging and testing.
• Influence culture, values, and processes of a growing engineering team.
• Inspire and mentor engineers.

Skills

Engineering leadership

People management

Back-end systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

APIs

Job description

Scale AI is seeking a technical and strategic Engineering Manager to lead our International Public Sector engineering efforts. You will manage the team, design and optimize backend services for AI-driven applications, and collaborate across internal and external customers to ship new features from concept to production.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of relevant experience and at least 2 years managing backend engineers, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality products at scale in