Embedded AI Engineer, Public Sector (Hybrid)

Scale AI; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

Learning & development stipend

Generous PTO

Job summary

Scale AI is hiring for a hybrid customer-facing engineer who will embed with U.S. government customers, delivering end-to-end software from prototype to production.

You will build robust backend systems and data integrations that connect customer environments to Scale's platform, and you will collaborate with product and engineering to feed field insights back into the roadmap. The role requires 5+ years of software engineering, strong Python/TypeScript, and comfort with cloud stacks, Linux, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in customer-facing, forward-deployed, or government contexts.
• Strong production coding in Python and TypeScript (or comparable modern languages).
• Comfort across the stack, including cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containers, Linux, and networking fundamentals.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and make sound trade-offs under pressure.
• An active TS/SCI clearance, or eligibility to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Embed with government customers to understand their mission, scope the problem, and turn it into working software.
• Own delivery end-to-end: design, build, deploy, and maintain solutions at customer sites, from prototype to stable production.
• Build robust backend systems and data integrations that connect customer environments to Scale's platform and back.
• Partner with product and engineering to feed field signals back into the roadmap, so the patterns you build once become capabilities the whole team can reuse.
• Serve as the technical point of contact for customer stakeholders, guiding adoption and maximizing mission impact.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Cloud platforms

Linux

Networking fundamentals

Independent in ambiguous environments

TS/SCI clearance

Tools

Node.js

React

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Scale AI is hiring for a hybrid customer-facing engineer who will embed with U.S. government customers, delivering end-to-end software from prototype to production.

You will build robust backend systems and data integrations that connect customer environments to Scale's platform, and you will collaborate with product and engineering to feed field insights back into the roadmap. The role requires 5+ years of software engineering, strong Python/TypeScript, and comfort with cloud stacks, Linux, and