Senior Platform Engineer: AI Systems & Cloud Foundations

Scale AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 216,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Learning and development stipend

Generous PTO

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Scale AI is seeking a Platform Engineer to design foundational data platforms, architect core cloud infrastructure, and redefine how engineers build, test, and deploy software at Scale.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver new features, improve development processes, and drive scalable backend systems across Scale’s AI data engine and RLHF tooling, in a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment.

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, able to translate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with containerization and 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 foundational platforms and systems, collaborating with stakeholders.
• Define, design, and deliver new features with cross-functional teams.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and tool upgrades in development practices.
• Present technical information to teams and stakeholders, offering guidance on development processes and technologies.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Temporal

AWS Step Functions

MongoDB

Postgres

CircleCI

CI/CD tooling

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Temporal

AWS Step Functions

MongoDB

Postgres

CircleCI

Job description

Scale AI is seeking a Platform Engineer to design foundational data platforms, architect core cloud infrastructure, and redefine how engineers build, test, and deploy software at Scale.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver new features, improve development processes, and drive scalable backend systems across Scale’s AI data engine and RLHF tooling, in a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment.