Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector Engineering Washington, DC

Scale AI, Inc.; Hawaii; On-site; USD 138,000 - 219,420; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Equity and retirement benefits

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

Scale AI, Inc. is looking for a highly skilled Mission Software Engineer in Hawaii to support its government customers by developing onsite solutions. This role involves working closely with clients to understand their needs, translating them into features in Scale's platform, and implementing robust backend systems that enable seamless integration.

Ideal candidates will possess customer-facing engineering skills, familiarity with cloud technologies, and a strong background in data engineering. A TS/SCI security clearance or the ability to obtain one is essential. Scale offers competitive compensation, including a base salary ranging based on location.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Proven adaptability as a customer-facing engineer.
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers to tailor features in Scale’s platform.
• Collaborate with teams to create secure solutions.
• Implement data integrations and deploy software at customer sites.

Skills

Customer-facing skills

Linux experience

Data Engineering

Networking knowledge

Problem Solving

Cloud-Native Technologies

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

ETL processes

Job description

Scale AI is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Mission Software Engineer to join our dynamic Federal Engineering team. As a part of this team, you will play a critical role in supporting Scale’s government customers by scoping and developing onsite solutions. Our scalable, high-performance platform is the foundation for these customer solutions, and your expertise will be instrumental in designing and implementing systems that can handle interactions with existing customer systems to help our products integrate into existing customer workflows.

You Will:

• Work directly with customers to understand their problems and translate those into features in Scale’s platform.
• Be open to >50% travel or relocation to a key customer geographic location.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define and execute the vision for backend solutions, ensuring they meet the unique needs of government agencies operating in secure environments.
• Implement end‑to‑end data integrations, syncing customer’s data to Scale’s platform and back.
• Deploy and maintain Scale software at customer sites.
• Develop customer requested features and work closely with them to ensure that they win customer love.
• Build robust and reliable backend systems that can serve as standalone products, empowering customers to accelerate their own AI ambitions.
• This role will require an active TS/SCI security clearance or the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Ideally You Have:

• Track record of success as a hybrid customer‑facing engineer, forward‑deployed software engineer, and ability to quickly adapt to different roles.
• Cloud‑Native Technologies: Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience in developing and deploying applications in a cloud‑native environment. Understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Linux experience: Understanding of shell scripting, operating systems, etc.
• Networking experience: Understanding of networking technologies, configuration (ports, protocols, etc).
• Data Engineering: Knowledge of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and experience in building data pipelines to integrate and process diverse data sources. Understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data governance principles.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to understand complex challenges and devise effective solutions. Ability to think critically, identify root causes, and propose innovative approaches to overcome technical obstacles.

Compensation and Benefits:

Compensation packages include base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary ranges vary by location:

• San Francisco, New York, Seattle: $184,000 — $292,560
• Hawaii, Washington DC, Texas, Colorado: $165,600 — $263,304
• St. Louis & Honolulu, Hawaii: $138,000 — $219,420

Benefits include comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, generous PTO, and a commuter stipend.

Our policy requires a 90‑day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

Reasonable Accommodations

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].

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