Forward-Deployed AI Engineer for Public Sector

Scaleai; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

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Job summary

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

Ideally you'd have Masters or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent deep industry experience, 10+

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.
• Proven track record of building LLM-driven solutions with the strategic foresight to anticipate landscape shifts and architect future-proof systems.
• A self-driven leader capable of resolving extreme ambiguity, mentoring senior staff, and setting the technical vision for the organization.

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.

Job description

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

Ideally you'd have Masters or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent deep industry experience, 10+