Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, (Forward Deployed), GPS

Scale AI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Scale AI is looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer (Forward Deployed) to join their Global Public Sector team in Greater London. This role involves building impactful AI applications in collaboration with public sector partners, addressing critical challenges for citizens.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in full-stack development, cloud infrastructures, and a strong educational background in Computer Science. If you're ready to help transform public sector operations, apply now.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of full-stack expertise in Python, Node.js, React.
• Proven track record designing high-scale architectures.
• Extensive experience within high-security client environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategist for public sector engagements.
• Design frameworks for production-grade AI applications.
• Guide evolution of cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Full-stack development

Cloud infrastructure

System security

Leadership

Problem solving

Asynchronous workflows

Proficient in Arabic

Education

Masters or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience

Tools

Python

Node.js

React

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Scale's rapidly growing Global Public Sector team is focused on using AI to address critical challenges facing the public sector around the world.

Our core work consists of:

• Creating custom AI applications that will impact millions of citizens
• Generating high-quality training data for custom LLMs
• Upskilling and advisory services to spread the impact of AI

As a Full Stack Software Engineer (Forward Deployed), you’ll collaborate directly with public sector counterparts to quickly build full-stack AI applications to solve their most pressing challenges and achieve meaningful impact for citizens.

At Scale, we’re not just building AI solutions—we’re enabling the public sector to transform their operations and better serve citizens through cutting‑edge technology. If you’re ready to shape the future of AI in the public sector and be a founding member of our team, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead technical strategist for public sector engagements, converting ambiguous mission requirements into robust architectural roadmaps and guiding onsite implementation
• Architect the fundamental frameworks for production‑grade AI applications, setting the gold standard for how interactive UIs, backend systems, and AI models are integrated at scale to deliver reliable outcomes.
• Guide the evolution of cloud infrastructure, ensuring security, global scalability, and long‑term system integrity across all environments.
• Direct the development of core platforms and shared services, ensuring they solve cross‑cutting needs for diverse global client use cases.
• Partner with cross‑functional leadership to steer the technical roadmap, mentoring senior and junior staff and ensuring all products align with a cohesive, future‑proof technical architecture.
• Bridge the gap between the field and the core platform by turning real‑world client lessons into reusable patterns that power the entire engineering team.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent deep industry experience in architecting complex, distributed systems.
• 10+ years of full‑stack expertise across Python, Node.js, and React, with a proven track record of designing high‑scale architectures on Kubernetes and global cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Expert ability to design and oversee production‑grade ecosystems, ensuring world‑class standards for system integrity, security, and long‑term scalability.
• Extensive experience deploying and troubleshooting sophisticated end‑to‑end solutions directly within complex, high‑security client environments.
• A self‑driven leader capable of resolving extreme ambiguity, mentoring senior staff, and setting the technical vision for the organization.
• A driver of asynchronous workflows and documentation‑first cultures to streamline global engineering velocity and reduce friction.
• Proficient in Arabic.

Nice to Haves

• Past experience working at a startup as a CTO or founding engineer or in a forward‑deployed engineer / dedicated customer engineer role.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with operations.
• Proven track record of building LLM‑driven solutions with the strategic foresight to anticipate landscape shifts and architect future‑proof systems.

Notes

Our policy requires a 90‑day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

EEO and Accessibility

We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. 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 are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail]. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.

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