Staff Software Engineer — Federal AI & Platform Architect

Scale AI; Washington; On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

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Job summary

Scale AI in Washington state seeks a Staff Software Engineer to orchestrate vertical features and horizontal capabilities, mentoring engineers and coordinating with stakeholders to define requirements and trade-offs. You will drive architectural consistency across the Federal engineering team and shape strategies for guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration across secure environments.

You will influence the long-term product strategy and the technical roadmap for Scale's Federal

Qualifications

• Experience shaping architectural strategy for AI-powered systems.
• Ability to mentor engineers and articulate trade-offs with stakeholders.
• Proven track record delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions.
• Experience with data pipelines and large language models integration.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate feature implementation across federal engineering teams.
• Define technical strategy for guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration.
• Ensure reliability and performance across security classifications.
• Mentor engineers in requirements gathering with stakeholders.
• Communicate trade-offs to senior stakeholders and Scale executives.
• Influence long-term product strategy and technical roadmap.
• Consult on architecture of AI-powered solutions for federal contracts.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Full stack development

Cloud-native

LLM integration

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Data pipelines

Problem solving

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Scale AI in Washington state seeks a Staff Software Engineer to orchestrate vertical features and horizontal capabilities, mentoring engineers and coordinating with stakeholders to define requirements and trade-offs. You will drive architectural consistency across the Federal engineering team and shape strategies for guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration across secure environments.

You will influence the long-term product strategy and the technical roadmap for Scale's Federal