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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Learning and development stipend

Generous PTO

Commuter stipend

Equity-based compensation

Job summary

Scale AI, Inc. is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer in New York. You will drive the development of modern web applications using React, TypeScript, and Python, while integrating with machine learning systems and ensuring the product's scalability and reliability.

The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of engineering experience and familiarity with modern AI tooling, Kubernetes, and cloud providers. Compensation ranges from $216,000 to $270,000 USD, alongside comprehensive benefits including health coverage and equity opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation.
• Strong experience developing full-stack applications using React, TypeScript, and Python.
• Experience scaling or shipping products at high-growth startups.
• Familiarity with LLMs, vector databases, and modern AI tooling.
• Proficiency with SQL and modern API development.
• Experience with Kubernetes and microservice architectures.
• Experience working with at least one major cloud provider.

Responsibilities

• Own major full-stack product areas, driving features from design through production deployment.
• Build modern frontend experiences using React and TypeScript.
• Develop reliable backend services in Python.
• Integrate with LLMs and AI infrastructure.
• Deliver experiments and new features quickly.
• Collaborate across product and infrastructure teams.
• Learn new technologies, frameworks, and tools as needed.

Skills

Full-stack applications

React

TypeScript

Python

SQL

Kubernetes

Microservice architectures

Cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

LLMs

Vector databases

Job description

Scale GP (Scale Generative AI Platform) is an enterprise-grade Generative AI platform providing APIs for knowledge retrieval, inference, evaluation, and more. We are seeking a strong Senior Full-Stack Engineer to help us build, scale, and refine our rapidly growing product. The ideal candidate is deeply grounded in software engineering best practices and experienced in developing and scaling modern web applications end‑to‑end. You will work across the stack—from React/TypeScript frontends to Python-based backends—while integrating with LLMs and machine learning systems.

You will solve complex challenges in scalability, reliability, and product experience while owning significant product areas in a fast‑paced environment.

What You’ll Do

• Own major full‑stack product areas, driving features from design through production deployment.
• Build modern frontend experiences using React and TypeScript, ensuring performance, usability, and responsiveness.
• Develop reliable backend services in Python, working with distributed systems, data pipelines, and ML/LLM components.
• Integrate with LLMs, vector databases, and AI infrastructure to power intelligent product experiences.
• Deliver experiments and new features quickly, maintaining high quality and tight feedback loops with customers.
• Collaborate across product, ML, and infrastructure teams to shape the direction of Scale GP.
• Adapt quickly—learning new technologies, frameworks, and tools as needed across the stack.

Ideal Experience

• 5+ years of full‑time engineering experience, post‑graduation.
• Strong experience developing full‑stack applications using React, TypeScript, and Python.
• Experience scaling or shipping products at high‑growth startups.
• Familiarity with LLMs, vector databases, embeddings, or other modern AI tooling (tinkering or production experience welcome).
• Proficiency with SQL and modern API development.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and microservice architectures.
• Experience working with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity‑based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter may share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You'll also receive benefits including comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, generous PTO, and a commuter stipend.

For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full‑time position in the locations of San Francisco, New York, Seattle is:

$216,000 — $270,000 USD

PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90‑day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

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 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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