Global Public Sector AI Engineering Leader

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

Job summary

Scale AI seeks an Engineering Manager to lead our International Public Sector engineering efforts, delivering backend AI-driven applications and services. You will guide technical delivery, design scalable systems, and mentor engineers across cross-functional teams to ship new features end-to-end.

You will work across the full product lifecycle, from concept to production, emphasizing velocity, quality, and strategic impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience and 2+ years of managing backend engineers.
• Proven success in leading engineering teams.
• Experience shipping high-quality products and features at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering team and drive technical delivery.
• Design, build, and optimize backend services for AI-driven applications.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external customers.
• Oversee product lifecycle from concept to production.
• Build features end-to-end, system design, debugging and testing.
• Deliver experiments with high velocity and quality to engage customers.
• Influence culture, values, and processes of the team.
• Mentor engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and ship new features.

Skills

Engineering management

Backend development

AI-driven applications

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

System design

Tools

Backend services

Evaluation tooling

Job description

Scale AI seeks an Engineering Manager to lead our International Public Sector engineering efforts, delivering backend AI-driven applications and services. You will guide technical delivery, design scalable systems, and mentor engineers across cross-functional teams to ship new features end-to-end.

You will work across the full product lifecycle, from concept to production, emphasizing velocity, quality, and strategic impact in a fast-paced environment.