Senior Platform Engineer - AI Scale & Cloud Foundations

Scale AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 216,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

Retirement benefits

Learning stipend

Generous PTO

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Scale AI is building foundational platforms and cloud-scale data infrastructure to power next-generation AI applications. You will design core data platforms, shape orchestration stacks, and redefine how engineers build, test, and deploy software at Scale.

You’ll work with Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and modern CI/CD to deliver scalable, reliable systems. You’ll collaborate across teams, own meaningful engineering initiatives, and help scale products for hyper-growth startups and large

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation with specialities in back-end systems.
• Extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of distributed systems and public cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Track record of independent ownership of successful engineering projects.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with containerization & deployment technologies like Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, etc.
• Experience with orchestration platforms, such as Temporal and AWS Step Functions.
• Experience with NoSQL document databases (MongoDB) and structured databases (Postgres).
• Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and CI/CD tooling (CircleCI).

Responsibilities

• Drive the design and implementation of our foundational platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and internal customers to understand and refine requirements.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.
• Proactively identifying opportunities for, and driving improvements to, current programming practices, including process enhancements and tool upgrades.
• Presenting technical information to teams and stakeholders, providing guidance and insight on development processes and technologies.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

AWS cloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Temporal

AWS Step Functions

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

CircleCI

AWS

Job description

Scale AI is building foundational platforms and cloud-scale data infrastructure to power next-generation AI applications. You will design core data platforms, shape orchestration stacks, and redefine how engineers build, test, and deploy software at Scale.

You’ll work with Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and modern CI/CD to deliver scalable, reliable systems. You’ll collaborate across teams, own meaningful engineering initiatives, and help scale products for hyper-growth startups and large