Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector — AI Orchestration

Scale AI, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 227,200 - 326,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity-based compensation

Health, dental and vision coverage

Learning & development stipend

Generous PTO

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Scale AI, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to orchestrate vertical features and horizontal capabilities, mentoring engineers and communicating tradeoffs to stakeholders.

You will shape technical strategy for guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration while maintaining reliability across diverse security classifications. You will influence the long-term product roadmap for the Federal business unit and engage with Scale C‑Suite, guiding architecture for AI-powered solutions on

Qualifications

• Full stack development across front-end, back-end and infra.
• Cloud platforms and container orchestration experience (Docker/Kubernetes).
• ETL, data pipelines, data warehousing and governance knowledge.
• Experience integrating LLMs and agentic workflows is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate feature implementation across the Federal engineering team to ensure architectural consistency.
• Define technical strategy for guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration.
• Ensure system reliability and performance across security classifications and networks.
• Mentor engineers in defining requirements with stakeholders and obtaining acceptance.

Skills

Full Stack Development

Cloud-Native Technologies

Data Engineering

AI Application Integration

Problem Solving

Collaboration & Communication

Adaptability & Learning

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

ETL

Data Modeling

Job description

Scale AI, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to orchestrate vertical features and horizontal capabilities, mentoring engineers and communicating tradeoffs to stakeholders.

You will shape technical strategy for guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration while maintaining reliability across diverse security classifications. You will influence the long-term product roadmap for the Federal business unit and engage with Scale C‑Suite, guiding architecture for AI-powered solutions on