This posting is for candidates who attended the DC SACC '26 and met with a member of our team.

It was great meeting you at the DC SACC 2026! Whether we chatted at our booth or during a session, we’re thrilled to connect with people who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of machine learning and AI.

At Scale AI, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world’s most important decisions. Scale has been the leading AI data foundry, helping fuel the most exciting advancements in AI, including: generative AI, defense applications, and autonomous vehicles. We’re currently growing our team across multiple roles.

If you're excited about the challenges we’re working on, drop your info here, and we’ll make sure someone from our team reaches out if there's a good fit with one of our open roles. Even if the timing isn’t quite right, we’d love to stay in touch.

We look forward to continuing the conversation! In the meantime, you can read more about our work at scale.com/public-sector.

Scale AI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government unlock the potential of AI across national security missions. We’re building enterprise-grade computer vision solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter.

We’re hiring a technical program manager (TPM) to lead and coordinate delivery of computer vision workflows for a national security customer. As a TPM on our public sector delivery team, you will own or support a customer account plan, triage customer technical issues, use data and analytics to align internal resources around Scale’s hardest problems, and drive the creation of tools that add direct value to Scale’s Public Sector customers.

You will:

• Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user
• Work alongside customers to scope computer vision use cases that Scale’s engineering team will build and you will ultimately refine
• Lead or support a cross-functional project team to deliver on and exceed the customer's AI/ML objectives
• Lead with a “whatever-it-takes” mentality, proactively identifying customer needs and operator pain points to ensure customer success
• Learn technical concepts and tools to necessary depth, leveraging that expertise to create solutions from scratch or drastically improve existing solutions
• Partner with engineering, operations, and other public sector teams to build and deliver AI systems tailored to unique government use cases in the computer vision domain

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• A technical background (education or professional experience with computer science, economics, statistics, engineering)
• A proven track record in B2B client-facing roles and expanding client relationships
• Prior experience owning the technical implementation of solutions to the government 

Must haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance
• 3+ years of work experience succeeding in stakeholder management or a customer-facing role delivering enterprise-scale applications / solutions
• A deep understanding of ML operations process
• A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to be onsite with customers up to 4 days per week in the DMV area and / or prepared to travel a minimum of 25%

Scale is at the forefront of powering artificial intelligence. We believe that trust in AI is earned with high-quality data for training, fine-tuning, and evaluating AI systems. Our products are transforming how organizations build and deploy AI. Our customers are the world’s most innovative model developers and enterprise and public sector entities looking to apply AI in their organizations and institutions.

We're looking for an Industrial Security Specialist who will play a vital role in supporting personnel security, physical security and program support. The ideal candidate brings strategic and operational experience, a security-first mindset, and a willingness to engage directly with customers, employees and stakeholders. If you're excited by ensuring the integrity and protection of national security, we invite you to apply.

This Industrial Security Specialist will report to the Industrial Security team with close collaboration with GRC, Workplace, and cross-functional teams to support the Public Sector security strategy for Scale. 

You will:

• Balance the timelines and requirements of US Government contracts while supporting Scale AI Public Sector efforts, accredited facilities, and sensitive R&D initiatives
• Assist in the development and execution of security education and awareness programs
• Conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance with DoD and company policies
• Support all aspects of personnel security management in working directly with government partners to ensure compliance
• Initiate, review, and submit electronic background investigations to DCSA
• Responsible for mandatory USG reporting as it relates to our personnel, facility, and insider threat programs
• Assists in the protection of government, intellectual, third party and company information from unauthorized disclosures
• Conduct security briefings, debriefings, and annual refresher training for cleared employees
• Ensure frameworks are met for NISPOM, ICDs, SAPs, OPSEC, Insider Threat and continuous evaluation programs.
• Prepare, send, and receive visitor certifications
• Review performance work statements (PWS) or Statements of Work (SOW) for contracts and ensure properly executed DD Form 254s. 
• Coordinate incident response and reporting for security violations or concerns.

Ideally you'd have:

• Active U.S. DoD Top Secret, and willingness to obtain a TS/SCI
• Familiarity with USG information systems, such as DISS, NBIS, NISS, SWFT, e-App
• Experience assisting with the implementation and maintenance of a relevant industrial security program
• Must be able to support work 2-3 days a week from the office
• Knowledge of industrial security procedures (NISPOM, ICDs, other DoD/IC regulations and procedures)

Nice to haves:

• Excellent written and verbal communication- able to align with security strategy, IT and executive teams
• Adaptability and Learning Agility: Willingness to quickly grasp and apply new concepts and stay up-to-date with emerging trends in industrial security
• Willingness to work in a dynamic, high-growth company where speed, adaptability, and judgment are essential
• FSO Program Management for Possessing Facilities certification

Scale AI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government unlock the potential of AI across national security missions. We’re building enterprise-grade generative AI solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter.

We’re hiring an engagement manager (EM) to lead and coordinate delivery of agentic workflows for a national security customer. As an EM on our public sector delivery team, you will own or support a large account plan, manage day-to-day execution for customers, and ensure an incredible customer experience. This role is ideal for someone who blends program leadership, customer relationship building, technical fluency, and contract awareness — and who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous, and mission-driven environments.

You will:

• Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user
• Work alongside customers to scope agentic workflow use cases that Scale’s engineering team will build and you will ultimately refine
• Lead a cross-functional project team to deliver on and exceed the customer's AI/ML objectives
• Lead with a “whatever-it-takes” mentality, proactively identifying customer needs and operator pain points to ensure customer success
• Oversee onboarding and successful implementation of customer accounts

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• A technical background (education or professional experience with computer science, economics, statistics, engineering)
• A proven track record in B2B client-facing roles and expanding client relationships
• Prior experience owning the technical implementation of solutions to the government 

Must haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance
• 5+ years of work experience succeeding in stakeholder management or a customer-facing role delivering enterprise-scale applications / solutions
• A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to be onsite with customers 4+ days per week in the Suffolk, VA area with occasional travel (less than 25%) to Scale’s DC office

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• 10+ years of professional experience, often in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry or government
• Prior experience at an API technology company and / or managing technical customers using an API
• A technical degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
• Proficiency in Python, SQL or other programming languages
• Domain expertise in a relevant field (e.g. modeling and simulation, joint planning processes, intelligence workflows, etc)

Scale AI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government unlock the potential of AI across national security missions. We’re building enterprise-grade generative AI solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter.

We’re hiring an engagement manager (EM) to lead and coordinate delivery of agentic workflows for a national security customer. As an EM on our public sector delivery team, you will own or support a large account plan, manage day-to-day execution for customers, and ensure an incredible customer experience. This role is ideal for someone who blends program leadership, customer relationship building, technical fluency, and contract awareness — and who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous, and mission-driven environments.

You will:

• Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user
• Work alongside customers to scope agentic workflow use cases that Scale’s engineering team will build and you will ultimately refine
• Lead or support a cross-functional project team to deliver on and exceed the customer's AI/ML objectives
• Lead with a “whatever-it-takes” mentality, proactively identifying customer needs and operator pain points to ensure customer success
• Oversee onboarding and successful implementation of customer accounts

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• A technical background (education or professional experience with computer science, economics, statistics, engineering)
• A proven track record in B2B client-facing roles and expanding client relationships
• Prior experience owning the technical implementation of solutions to the government 

Must haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance
• 3+ years of work experience succeeding in stakeholder management or a customer-facing role delivering enterprise-scale applications / solutions
• A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to be onsite with customers up to 4 days per week in the DMV area and / or prepared to travel a minimum of 25%

Scale is a vital part of bringing AI-enabled technologies to the world, from autonomous driving to drones, robots, and large language models. For example, Scale works with the world's top self-driving car and robotics ML teams as well as the largest companies in the generative AI space. 

As our customer base is growing, you will be on the front lines of our field engineering efforts for our federal AI projects, having the opportunity to meaningfully impact millions of dollars in revenue by working closely with our largest public sector customers and ensuring that they become passionate, lifelong Scale customers.

Our Field Engineers ensure customers' experiences with Scale's technology are seamless and optimized to build a successful, long-term partnership. Field Engineers partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations to lead existing customers through building production-grade data pipelines. We do this by knowing our customer’s use-cases inside and out, and creating the tooling and documentation needed to scalably support their growth.

Field Engineers in general are experts on Scale's products and codebase, and have general technical knowledge on web development, using APIs, and working with large volumes of data. Field Engineers are strong relationship builders, great project managers, and always fun to work with. 

The ideal person is a software engineer generalist who enjoys working with clients directly, taking ambiguous requirements and issues, and quickly designing and building sustainable solutions in close collaboration with the Product and Engineering teams. This role is at the intersection of customer delivery, product, and engineering, giving you a breadth of experience and fully leveraging both sides of your brain. If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply!

You will:

• Implement end-to-end data integrations, syncing customer’s data to Scale’s platform and back
• Work closely with our customer’s engineering teams to optimize data pipelines, including providing input towards designing API endpoints and input/output schemas
• Design, develop and maintain playbooks, internal tools, Scale’s documentation and SDKs to quickly get customers set up for long-term success
• Partner with Software Engineers and Operations to remove any technical hurdles customers may face / Debug technical issues impacting delivery and own technical escalations coming from the customer
• Be accountable for the customer’s technical experience throughout their time with Scale
• Work with AEs and PMs to identify customer-specific feature requests
• Develop technical domain expertise in areas of Large Language Models, 2D Image Annotation, and working with API integrations
• Evangelize Scale and interact with customers at major events
• Have an active TS/SCI clearance

Ideally you'd have:

• Track record of success as a hybrid customer-facing engineer or similar function, wearing multiple hats along the way
• Prior technical hands-on experience working with clients in a pre or post-sales capacity to realize business goals
• Prior experience developing with Python and JavaScript, or other modern software languages
• Strong engineering background preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other quantitative fields
• Strong project management and interpersonal skills
• Presentation skills with a high degree of technical credibility when speaking with executives and front-line engineers
• High level of comfort communicating effectively across internal and external organizations
• Intellectual curiosity, empathy, and ability to operate with high velocity

Nice to haves:

• Experience in AI
• Experience working in classified environments
• Previous experience as a technical go-to-market resource
• Understanding of DevSecOps principles, including secure software delivery, infrastructure as code, and continuous integration/deployment
• Hands-on knowledge of container orchestration with Kubernetes and experience with Helm charts for application deployment
• Experience automating infrastructure and configuration management using Ansible or similar tools

Scale AI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government unlock the potential of AI across national security missions. We’re building enterprise-grade generative AI solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter.

The Global Forward Deployments (GFD) organization operates as a critical horizontal layer across Scale, sitting at the intersection of Engineering, Product, Design (EPD), Delivery, and GTM. As our business scales, we are growing the GFD Project Management Office (PMO) to act as the connective tissue that brings structure to ambiguity by aligning teams, organizing cross-functional workstreams, and keeping priorities coordinated across the organization.

As a Technical Program Manager within this expanding PMO, you will drive execution across diverse initiatives by partnering closely with Infrastructure & Security, Product, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Mission/Field Engineering, Delivery, and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams. Your focus will be integrating engineering roadmaps, customer delivery timelines, and security constraints to enable successful deployments in complex, isolated environments.

What You Will Do

• Lead as a Horizontal PMO Partner: Serve as a central node within the growing GFD PMO, driving alignment across Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) initiatives and ensuring priorities remain top-of-mind across the organization.
• Spearhead Niche Initiatives: Take on Scale’s difficult-but-ambiguous problems, breaking them down in a structured way and driving them to successful outcomes. You will dive into both technology and organizational processes to craft effective solutions and gain efficiencies, track resourcing and vendor management, and align internal resources to solve unique organizational, and technical challenges. 
• Bridge EPD, Delivery, and GTM: Act as the primary technical program manager uniting GFD with Product, ML, Mission & Field Engineering, Delivery, and GTM teams to wrangle contractual deliverables across EPD, unblock complex custom integrations, and drive technical milestones against critical contract checkpoints.
• Optimize Cross-Functional Processes: Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to improve processes and procedures, ensuring Scale's continued success.
• Foster Communication: Create an effective feedback loop between all teams within EPD as well as with partner teams like Legal, BizOps, and Partnerships.
• Navigate Ambiguity: Transition AI/ML technologies and processes into working Public Sector products/solutions even when requirements are undefined or ambiguous.

Ideally You’d Have

• Current or past Security Clearance (TS/SCI preferred).
• Proven experience partnering closely with Product and cross-functional Engineering teams to align technical roadmaps, manage dependencies, and drive complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Experience in project management, including planning, organizing, and managing resources.
• A demonstrated capacity to operate effectively and maintain high-quality output within a high-tempo, ambiguous, or chaotic environment.
• Experience in security and compliance, with a focus on cross-departmental collaboration.
• Experience in delivering secure and reliable solutions within classified, isolated, and air-gapped environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of security practices within cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience in a high growth, fast-paced technology company.
• An action-oriented mindset, balancing creative problem-solving with a strong drive to achieve outcomes.

Nice to Haves

• Experience in microservice design and Kubernetes-based container orchestration.
• Experience applying AI or Machine Learning.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience using data analysis tools or software.
• Demonstrated history of fostering cross-functional collaboration with Delivery, Sales, and Engineering teams.
• Backlog refinement & roadmapping experience with tools like Linear and JIRA.
• Proven experience translating complex SOW requirements into tactical engineering deliverables 
• Experience maintaining alignment with organizational capacity planning and delivery timelines.
• Background in Software, Security, or System Engineering.

(Note this role must be based within the continental United States and requires current US Citizenship to support Scale’s Public Sector business.)

The goal of a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Scale is to leverage techniques in the fields of generative AI, computer vision, reinforcement learning, and agentic AI to improve Scale's products and customer experience in production environments. Our machine learning engineers take advantage of robust internal infrastructure and  unique access to massive datasets to deliver improvements to our customers.

Our Public Sector Machine Learning team is focused on deploying cutting-edge models to mission-critical government systems through products like Donovan and Thunderforge. Our work spans multiple modalities, with a strong focus on both large language models and computer vision. On the LLM side, we are developing agentic systems that help solve complex operational and planning challenges for government partners. This includes building agent frameworks that integrate with custom retrieval pipelines and production APIs, as well as evaluation tools to benchmark and refine agent behavior. We're also advancing research in areas like reinforcement learning for agentic LLMs, with successful deployment into real-world operational environments. On the computer vision front, we're training advanced models to increase labeling throughput and automate perception tasks. Our efforts include building large-scale fine-tuning pipelines, training models across multiple modalities, and developing generalizable vision foundation models to support a wide range of defense applications.

You will:

• Take state of the art models developed internally and from the community, use them in production to solve problems for our customers and taskers
• Improve and maintain production models through retraining, hyperparameter tuning, and architectural updates, while preserving core performance characteristics
• Collaborate with product and research teams to identify and prototype ML-driven product enhancements, including for upcoming product lines
• Work with massive datasets to develop both generic models as well as fine tune models for specific products
• Build scalable machine learning infrastructure to automate and optimize our ML services
• Serve as a cross-functional representative and advocate for machine learning techniques across engineering and product organizations
• Be comfortable learning new technologies quickly and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable with light travel (approximately 10%) for customer interaction and team needs
• This role will require an active security clearance or the ability to obtain a security clearance

Ideally You’d Have:

• Extensive experience with GenAI, Agentic AI, natural language processing, deep learning and deep reinforcement learning, or computer vision in a production environment
• Solid background in algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented programming
• Strong programing skills in Python, experience in Tensorflow or PyTorch

Nice to Haves:

• Graduate degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence specialization
• Experience working with cloud platforms (eg. AWS or GCP) and deploying machine learning models in cloud environments
• Experience with computer vision, generative AI models, large language models, or agentic systems
• Familiarity with ML evaluation frameworks and agentic model design

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Model Evaluations, Public Sector

The Public Sector ML team at Scale deploys advanced AI systems—including LLMs, agentic models, and multimodal pipelines—into mission-critical government environments. We build evaluation frameworks that ensure these models operate reliably, safely, and effectively under real-world constraints. As an ML Engineer, you will design, implement, and scale automated evaluation pipelines that help customers trust and operationalize advanced AI systems across defense, intelligence, and federal missions.

You will:

• Develop and maintain automated evaluation pipelines for ML models across functional, performance, robustness, and safety metrics, including LLM-judge–based evaluations.
• Design test datasets and benchmarks to measure generalization, bias, explainability, and failure modes.
• Build evaluation frameworks for LLM agents, including infrastructure for scenario-based and environment-based testing.
• Conduct comparative analyses of model architectures, training procedures, and evaluation outcomes.
• Implement tools for continuous monitoring, regression testing, and quality assurance for ML systems.
• Design and execute stress tests and red-teaming workflows to uncover vulnerabilities and edge cases.
• Collaborate with operations teams and subject matter experts to produce high-quality evaluation datasets.
• Comfortable with light travel (approximately 10%) for customer interaction and team needs.

This role will require an active security clearance or the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Ideally you’d have:

• Experience in computer vision, deep learning, reinforcement learning, or NLP in production settings.
• Strong programming skills in Python; experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Background in algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented programming.
• Experience with LLM pipelines, simulation environments, or automated evaluation systems.
• Ability to convert research insights into measurable evaluation criteria.

Nice to haves:

• Graduate degree in CS, ML, or AI.
• Cloud experience (AWS, GCP) and model deployment experience.
• Experience with LLM evaluation, CV robustness, or RL validation.
• Knowledge of interpretability, adversarial robustness, or AI safety frameworks.
• Familiarity with ML evaluation frameworks and agentic model design.
• Experience in regulated, classified, or mission-critical ML domains.

National Security Hackathon Attendees – Stay Connected with Scale AI

This posting is for candidates who attended National Security Hackathon and connected with a member of the Scale AI team.

It was great meeting you at the Hackathon! Whether we spoke at our booth or on the floor, we always enjoy connecting with people who are passionate about advancing AI and machine learning.

At Scale AI, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. For the past ten years, Scale has been the leading AI data foundry, supporting some of the most exciting advancements in AI, including generative AI, defense applications, robotics, and autonomous systems.

We’re continuing to grow our team across a range of technical and mission-focused roles.

If you're excited about the problems we’re tackling, feel free to share your information here. A member of our team will reach out if there’s a strong fit with one of our open opportunities. And even if the timing isn’t right today, we’d love to stay connected.

We look forward to continuing the conversation. In the meantime, you can learn more about our work at scale.com.

As Scale's product portfolio and customer base expand, we are seeking skilled DevOps Engineers, Public Sector to be at the forefront of building out and enhancing our CI/CD pipelines. You will play a crucial role in streamlining our Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) through collaborative efforts, moving us from a state of manual, disparate deployments to a more unified and automated system.

These engineers will gain a deep understanding of our core products' architecture and composition, enabling them to effectively deploy and manage these systems when needed. A critical aspect of this role will be seamlessly integrating various machine learning (ML) tasks and updates into our SDLC, transforming currently separate ML components into a cohesive and automated workflow. While direct ML expertise is not required, a desire to learn and integrate ML components into the lifecycle is essential.

Must have:

• At least an active TS/SCI clearance and the ability & willingness to up level to CI Poly. This is a requirement and candidates will not be considered who do not hold at least a TS/SCI clearance.

You will:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment of our lowside and highside products.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to enhance existing application code for improved compatibility and streamlined integration within automated pipelines.
• Contribute to the overall architecture and design of our deployment systems, bringing new ideas to life for increased efficiency and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex deployment issues, ensuring minimal disruption to development cycles.
• Develop a deep understanding of our product and ML architectures to facilitate seamless integration and deployment.
• Document pipeline processes and configurations to ensure maintainability and knowledge transfer.
• Proactively incorporate security best practices into all stages of the CI/CD pipeline, building security into our development processes.
• Drive standardization and foster collaboration across different product teams to achieve a unified and efficient SDLC.

Ideally you'd have:

• 2-3 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, DevSecOps Engineer, Software Engineer with a strong focus on CI/CD, or a similar role.
• Proven track record of building or significantly enhancing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience configuring and adapting application code to integrate seamlessly with evolving CI/CD environments.
• Experience working fluently with standard containerization & deployment technologies like Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, etc.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Familiarity with various CI/CD platforms (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Knowledge of software architecture, system design, and version control systems.
• Comfort with rapidly changing, fast-paced environments and a passion for finding automated solutions to complex problems.
• Basic understanding of security best practices in software development and an eagerness to integrate them.
• A hunger for learning new technologies, particularly in the realm of integrating ML into automated workflows.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, collaboration, and communication skills.

Nice to haves:

• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exposure to machine learning lifecycles or MLOps concepts.
• Prior experience in classified environments.

At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world’s most important decisions. The Public Sector team is at the forefront of this mission, partnering with government agencies to deploy mission-critical agentic solutions. 

Role Overview

The Public Sector GenAI T&E Product Manager will be a high-horsepower technical leader, defining the vision and owning the roadmap for our evaluation capabilities. This role requires thriving in unscripted, high-stakes environments, as you will be the primary owner for the T&E tech stack—the robust infrastructure required to continuously measure, improve, and prove the superiority and sustained performance of our agentic applications.

Traversing multiple engineering organizations across Scale, you will identify bottlenecks, distill technical friction into actionable plans, and drive execution. You will work across Scale’s commercial and public sector teams to define requirements, ensuring our evaluation services are robust enough for the most demanding government use cases. Key objectives include refining the tech stack that allows ML teams to hillclimb, and surfacing critical performance information to stakeholders.  

Minimum Qualifications (Quantifiable)

• Engineering Depth: 3+ years of experience in software engineering, systems architecture, or highly technical program management. You must be able to read code, understand system architecture, and participate in technical design reviews alongside engineering teams.
• Evaluation Systems Expertise: Proven experience designing, owning the roadmap for, or operating the infrastructure required to continuously measure, improve, and show the performance of AI applications. 
• Problem Distillation: Demonstrated experience taking a vaguely defined problem (e.g., "our evaluation cycles are too slow") and delivering a technical roadmap, resource requirements, and measurable success metrics within a narrow time window.
• Ambiguity Management: Proven track record of taking a project from "stalled/undefined" to "shipped" in a high-pressure environment. You can point to at least two instances where you inherited a failing project and saw it through to production.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Led multiple projects that required direct alignment between at least three distinct engineering organizations (e.g., Infrastructure, ML Research, and Product).
• Operational Execution: Experience using technical project management frameworks (e.g., Linear) to provide consistent weekly reporting on delivery velocity and blockers to executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Haves)

• Security Clearance: Active Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI clearance.
• GenAI Implementation: Practical experience developing or evaluating features built specifically on LLMs, RAG, or autonomous agent workflows.
• Technical Rigor: Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Public Sector Expertise: 2+ years of experience working with DoD, IC, or Civil agencies on mission-critical software deployments.

Scale AI is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Mission Software Engineer to join our dynamic Federal Engineering team. As a part of this team, you will play a critical role in supporting Scale’s government customers by scoping and developing onsite solutions. Our scalable, high-performance platform is the foundation for these customer solutions, and your expertise will be instrumental in designing and implementing systems that can handle interactions with existing customer systems to help our products integrate into existing customer workflows.   

You will:

• Work directly with customers to understand their problems and translate those into features in Scale’s platform.
• Be open to >50% travel or relocation to a key customer geographic location.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute the vision for backend solutions, ensuring they meet the unique needs of government agencies operating in secure environments.
• Implement end-to-end data integrations, syncing customer’s data to Scale’s platform and back
• Deploy and maintain Scale software at customer sites
• Develop customer requested features and work closely with them to ensure that they win customer love.
• Build robust and reliable backend systems that can serve as standalone products, empowering customers to accelerate their own AI ambitions.
• Participate actively in customer engagements, working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
• This role will require an active TS/SCI security clearance or the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Ideally you have:

• Track record of success as a hybrid customer facing engineer, forward deployed software engineer, and ability to quickly adapt to different roles.
• Prior experience developing with Python and JavaScript, or other modern software languages. Familiarity with Node and React is a plus.
• Cloud-Native Technologies: Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience in developing and deploying applications in a cloud-native environment. Understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) is a plus
• Linux experience: Understanding of shell scripting, operating systems, etc
• Networking experience: Understanding of networking technologies, configuration  (ports, protocols, etc) 
• Data Engineering: Knowledge of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and experience in building data pipelines to integrate and process diverse data sources. Understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data governance principles
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand complex challenges and devise effective solutions. Ability to think critically, identify root causes, and propose innovative approaches to overcome technical obstacles

Principal Architect

Location: Washington, DC

About the Role
We are seeking a Principal Architect to drive the design, development, and deployment of our agentic AI products in a fast-paced, collaborative, extremely high-visibility environment.

In this role, you will lead a team of 50+ engineers, providing both strategic and technical guidance. You’ll be responsible for high-impact architectural decisions, cross-company collaboration, and executive level engagements. 

What You’ll Do

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team of 50+, fostering a culture of technical excellence and ownership.
• Technical Direction: Guide your team through complex challenges involving LLMs, AI agents, and large-scale distributed systems.
• Executive Stakeholder Engagement: Represent Scale AI in high-stakes negotiations and strategic discussions with senior external partners, demonstrating strong technical competence and credibility.
• Strategic Planning & Communication: Develop and communicate a compelling vision for Scale AI’s technology applied to your program. Provide regular updates to senior leadership and key stakeholders on progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Culture & Teamwork: Foster a culture of speed, unity of purpose, resilience, and teamwork. Lead through uncertainty with determination and adaptability.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in a technical leadership or staff role.
• Deep understanding of modern AI/ML technologies, including experience working with LLMs and AI agents.
• Proficient in one or more modern programming languages (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong product and business sense, with a track record of aligning engineering efforts with company goals.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-changing environments and guide your team to do the same.
• Experience in executive level engagement with industry partners and Public Sector customers

Success Metrics

Within 6 months:

• Successful demonstration of agentic AI’s mission value in high-stakes customer demonstrations
• Establish Scale AI as the preferred agentic AI partner for the PEO
• Establish high velocity, agile engineering cadence both internally and with our industry partners

Within 12–18 months:

• Secure follow-on contract award with expanded scope for Scale
• Position Scale AI as the global AI leader in this mission area
• Establish developed solutions as Scale product offerings to deliver on future contracts

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer with a specialty in Detection and Incident Response to join our Security Engineering team. This role sits at the intersection of security operations and software engineering — you won't just investigate incidents, you'll build the systems that detect, contain, and prevent them. You will design and ship high-precision detections across cloud services and enterprise SaaS, develop automation that shortens response timelines, and mature the telemetry pipelines that make it all possible. Your ability to write production-quality code is just as important as your ability to triage an alert.

You will structure investigations, analyze root causes, and clearly communicate the significance of security incidents, their impact, and recommended remediation steps — but you'll also turn those findings into durable engineering improvements: better detections, tighter schemas, and smarter automation.

You will:

• Engineer, test, and deploy detection logic across cloud and enterprise environments, treating detections as software with version control, peer review, and measurable performance.
• Build and maintain incident response automation, runbooks, and tooling that reduce containment timelines without sacrificing developer velocity.
• Mature telemetry pipelines through improved schema design, normalization, enrichment, and quality checks that reduce false positives and increase signal fidelity.
• Perform digital incident investigations to identify and contain potential security breaches.
• Conduct digital forensics and malware analysis to understand attack vectors and adversary methodologies.
• Integrate alerting with messaging and ticketing systems to enable fast, traceable response workflows.
• Partner cross-functionally with IT, security, and engineering teams to harden identity and access patterns, close logging and forensics gaps, and implement maintainable guardrails that scale with the organization.
• Utilize threat intelligence platforms to improve hunting, detection, and response workflows.
• Clearly explain the significance and impact of incidents, providing actionable recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ideally, you'd have:

• • 5+ years of experience in Detection Engineering, Incident Response, or Security Operations, with a strong emphasis on building and shipping security tooling and automation.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go) and comfort writing production-grade code — not just scripts.
  • Hands-on experience designing or improving detection pipelines, SIEM content, and alerting workflows in cloud-native environments.
  • Practical experience with SIEM, EDR, and SOAR tools, with a preference for candidates who have built integrations or extended these platforms programmatically.
  • Strong understanding of modern cyber threats, common attack techniques, and adversary TTPs.
  • Familiarity with digital forensics tools and malware analysis techniques.
  • Experience with cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and the security telemetry those environments generate.
  • Exposure to threat intelligence platforms and integrating intel into detection and investigation workflows.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex security findings into clear business impact.
  • Relevant security certifications (e.g., GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, CISSP, GDSA) are a plus.

We are seeking a highly technical Security Engineer to join our Product Security team. This role is integral to ensuring the security and integrity of our products and services. You will conduct in-depth code reviews, implement security best practices, and influence the overall security strategy. Your expertise in TypeScript, Python, AWS, CI/CD, SAST, DAST, and terraform orchestration will be crucial in identifying and mitigating potential security vulnerabilities. You will also structure complex problems, diagnose root causes independently, and clearly explain the mechanics and significance of security vulnerabilities, including their exploitability and potential impact.

You will:

• Leverage broad product security expertise to build and maintain software tooling that secures every layer of the modern AI/ML software ecosystem.
• Conduct in-depth code reviews to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities.
• Evaluate and enhance the security of our product offerings, through RFC and service review.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with a strong focus on security.
• Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) to identify vulnerabilities in production code.
• Utilize terraform orchestration to ensure secure and efficient infrastructure management.
• Guide engineering teams to build robust long-term solutions that consider security and privacy. 
• Clearly explain the mechanics and significance of security vulnerabilities, including their exploitability and potential impact.
• Influence the security strategy and direction of the team, advocating for best practices and continuous improvement.

Ideally, you’d have:

• Demonstrated ability to drive multi-month security initiatives independently, from problem definition through execution, without requiring significant direction.
• Proven experience as a Security Engineer with a focus on product security.
• Proficiency in NodeJS, TypeScript, Python, and/or Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of modern Javascript application design.
• Production experience operating and securing AWS infrastructure at scale.
• Hands-on experience with SAST and DAST tools and methodologies.
• Familiarity with terraform orchestration for infrastructure management.
• You can structure complex problems and diagnose root causes independently, providing actionable insights without requiring manager input.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly present technical concepts and their implications to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to influence security strategies and drive improvements within a team.
• Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CEH, OSCP) are a plus.

The Mission

Scale AI is leading the AI revolution, developing reliable AI applications for the world's most important decisions. For the Public Sector, we translate this mission into operational advantage for our government customers.

We are looking for a technical, high-horsepower Product Manager to lead the evolution of the Public Sector Data Engine. This team believes that the data engine, capable of producing “n” models, is more important than any single model.  This role is focused on building tools that can measure and improve the computer vision and generative AI models at the heart of critical national security systems. You won’t just be managing a roadmap; you will be building the ML Ops infrastructure that allows the government to spin the ML Ops flywheel to develop reliable AI.  This work will span both Computer Vision and Generative AI.

This is a hybrid role for a PM who loves the "why" as much as the "how." You will sit at the center of our transition from a data labeling leader to a full-stack AI partner. You will architect the vision for our ML Ops tooling, building a seamless "foundational engine" that supports data management, curation, model development, and model evaluation for internal and external Machine Learning Teams. You’ll be expected to guide engineering teams through design challenges, system integrations, and the technical scaffolding required for state-of-the-art model testing.

You will:

• Architect the AI Engine: Drive the roadmap for Public Sector ML Ops tools, ensuring they serve as the "ground truth" foundation for building, evaluating, and deploying AI systems.
• Bridge Custom & Scale: Support diverse customer profiles—from massive-scale satellite and video labeling engagements to complex, bespoke ML Ops partnerships.
• Own Technical Scoping: Partner with Engineering to make high-stakes design decisions on infrastructure, APIs, and model evaluation frameworks (T&E).
• Operationalize Collaboration: Use high EQ and structured thinking to align Engineering, Operations, and elite Government stakeholders.

Ideally you'd have:

• Technical by Core: You have a background in Software Engineering, Field Engineering, or Vision Systems. You can read code, understand system architecture, and earn the immediate respect of world-class engineers.
• ML/CV Experience: You have experience in Computer Vision or ML Ops. You understand the lifecycle of a model—from data acquisition to Test & Evaluation.
• Grit: You possess a "whatever-it-takes" drive. You are comfortable running through walls, grinding through ambiguity, and delivering results in high-pressure environments.
• Structured Thinker, but Action Oriented: You can take a challenging problem, decompose it, create action plans, and drive results.

Nice to haves:

• Security Clearance: An active Secret or TS/SCI clearance is a nice to have for this role. If you do not have an active clearance, you must be willing to obtain one.

• Demonstrated Technical Rigor: Advanced degree (CS, Engineering, or a related field) from a top-tier institution, or equivalent experience that showcases deep technical problem-solving ability.
• Computer Vision (CV) Expertise: Practical experience designing, building, or evaluating large-scale Computer Vision models, including advanced data processing and deployment techniques.

Scale is building AI for the world’s most important decisions. From the front lines of national defense to the core of global enterprise, we provide the data engine and agentic infrastructure that powers the next generation of American and allied interests.

As a Defense Deployment Strategist, you will be responsible for bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI research and mission-critical production. You will lead the charge in deploying Agentic AI — autonomous, reasoning systems — into the heart of defense workflows, ensuring that our nation's most complex decisions are supported by the world’s best technology.

Deployment Strategist 

We are looking for a powerhouse executive account leader who understands that winning in the DoW isn't about a successful 6-month pilot; it’s about Program of Record integration. You will focus on landing and transitioning high-stakes prototypes into full-scale enterprise deployments, navigating the complexities of the Valley of Death by securing executive sponsorship and programmed funding.

Responsibilities:

This is an individual contributor role with heavy leadership expectations. You are the "CEO of the Account," responsible for the following:

• Full-Spectrum Capture & Quota Ownership: Carry and exceed a multi-million dollar annual revenue quota. You are responsible for the entire lifecycle: from identifying the top of funnel opportunity and shaping requirements to the final contract award and revenue recognition.
• Tactical Execution: You don't just delegate; you execute. You will personally draft high-impact white papers, lead the development of complex proposals, architect deal structures, and navigate the nuances of defense contracting.
• Operational Transition: Once the deal is signed, your job isn't over. You will continue to lead the account, ensuring that the delivery team (Engagement Managers, Technical PMs, Engineers, and Product) enables mission success. You are the primary point of contact for the customer, ensuring the pilot doesn't just work, but scales.
• Renewal, Expansion, & Growth: Own the long-term account strategy. You are responsible for identifying the next use case, securing the follow-on funding, and driving the 10x growth that turns a single deployment into a department-wide enterprise standard.
• Direct Agentic Solutioning: Work in the weeds with technical teams and end-users to co-design Agentic AI workflows. You must be able to translate a customer’s vision into a specific technical requirement that our engineers can build against.
• SI & Prime Orchestration: In partnership with Scale’s Partner Managers, you will actively manage and negotiate with Tier 1 Systems Integrators (SIs) and Defense Primes to ensure Scale is the agentic AI engine of their larger programs. You will be the lead negotiator for sub-contracting and teaming agreements.

Requirements:

• Experience: 10+ years of experience in complex enterprise IT sales or business development specifically within the DoW/IC.
• Proven Track Record: You have successfully closed and implemented multi-year deals exceeding $25M. You know how to get a line item in the budget.
• Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of the DoW’s modernization priorities, specifically in AI/ML, computer vision, or autonomous systems.
• The Valley of Death Navigator: You have a demonstrated ability to transition technology from "cool demo" to "deployed capability" within a major PEO.
• Strategic Network: Existing high-level relationships across the DoW, with a specific focus on Defense Agencies and enterprise IT,  as well as a Rolodex of contacts at the major primes.
• Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI clearance is strongly preferred.
• Education: BS/BA required; technical degree or MBA preferred.
• Geography: Based in the National Capital Region, with the ability to work out of Scale’s D.C. office 2-3 days a week. 
• Travel: Ability to travel 20-30% of the time.

Who you are:

• Mission-Driven: You believe that whoever wins in AI wins the next century, and you want that to be the United States and its allies.
• Relentless: You thrive in the long-game of defense procurement. You aren't discouraged by bureaucracy; you see it as a puzzle to be solved.
• Adaptive: You can operate in the high-velocity environment of a Series E startup while maintaining the polish required for the Pentagon.
• The Closer-Operator: You have the executive presence to brief a PEO, but the tactical stamina to spend 10 hours in a SCIF working on a proposal response.
• Radically Accountable: You don't wait for a marketing lead or a BD specialist to hand you a deal. You build your own funnel, navigate the "No's," and find the creative path to "Yes."
• Technically Credible: You aren't a software engineer, but you can explain the difference between RAG and Agentic reasoning to a skeptical technical evaluator.

Sales Commission: This role is eligible to earn commissions.

Compensation packages at Scale 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, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Scale employees are also granted Stock Options that are awarded upon board of director approval. You’ll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.

Scale's public sector business is providing the best of American commercial technology and innovation to protect the homeland and meet the moment. As a member of our public sector delivery team, you will own relationships critical to the portfolio of clients charged with a layered defense for the United States. You will be a catalyst, willing to go deep, get technical, and drive change. You will manage customer relationships and partners as well as partner with our engineering team to solve Scale’s hardest problems. All of this serves an ultimate goal of delivering cutting-edge agentic AI to orchestrate portfolio management for defense of the homeland.

You will:

• Drive innovation and transformation by diving deep into technical and operational challenges, solving undefined problems, and delivering impactful agentic AI solutions
• Transition AI/ML technologies and processes into working products / solutions even when requirements are undefined or ambiguous
• Partner with Scale engineering, operations, and other public sector teams to build and deliver AI systems tailored to unique government use cases in the computer vision and generative AI domains
• Lead a cross-functional team to exceed the customer’s AI/ML objectives
• Support and partner across B2B and B2G organizations to achieve the outcomes in delivering the greater layered defense for the United States

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• 5+ years of professional experience, often in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry or government.
• A proven track record in B2B or government client facing roles and expanding client relationships
• Prior experience leading engagements with government customers

Must haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance
• Minimum of 3 years of work experience leading teams / programs in industry or government 
• A basic understanding of ML operations process
• A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem-solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time

Our customer base is growing exponentially, and you will be on the front lines of ensuring that the world's most innovative companies become passionate, lifelong, Scale customers. Our Solutions Engineers ensure customers' first experiences with Scale's technology are flawless and lead to a successful long-term partnership. The work will vary daily, and we’re looking for technical experts excited to solve tough problems. As a solution engineer, you will be a part of helping shape our early-stage federal business by re-envisioning our commercial product offerings for our federal clients.

What you'll do:

• Become an expert on the end-to-ends of Scale Products
• Create tailored demonstrations and collateral for federal stakeholders at both the executive and analyst level.
• Partner with Scale Account Executives to deliver customer pilots according to requirements agreed by the customer.
• Integrate and ingest a variety of external datasets to solve government use cases.
• Interact with customers on a day-to-day basis to understand their pain points and design solutions
• Work with internal product and engineering teams to turn customer requirements into Scale capabilities
• Understand public sector mission sets and strategic objectives to better showcase Scales products.

Ideally you'd have:

• Strong engineering background, preferably in computer science, mathematics, or other quantitative fields
• Strong communication skills - ability to interact with both technical and non-technical customers at all levels
• At ease with technology, able to quickly pick up new tech stacks and troubleshoot
• Previous experience working with Public Sector customers - our business is diverse and growing across both National Security and Federal Civilian communities. 
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Javascript/Typescript, Bash scripts, or programming languages.
• A strong desire to roll up your sleeves and help build a business in an extremely fast-paced environment
• Active US Government Security Clearance (TS / SCI required)
• Based in the Washington, DC area or willing to relocate
• Background working in AI/ML, particularly Generative AI and Large Language Models

Role:

Scale is at the forefront of the AI revolution, working across the US government, partners and allies around the world to unlock the potential of generative AI (GenAI).

We are seeking a product leader to join our team and play a pivotal role in building Agentic AI platforms to support national-level decisions, including for some of the nation’s most important national security challenges. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of product leadership, software engineering principles practices and deep experience with ML/AI application development, coupled with proven experience in managing complex projects with multiple stakeholder or AI-related projects within a government or highly regulated setting, emphasizing ethical AI deployment and robust risk management practices. 

This role requires a strategic leader adept at navigating the complexities of government GenAI projects, ensuring Scale’s public sector AI solution aligns with agency objectives and adheres to stringent security and compliance mandates. The product manager will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of the generative AI platform, including product design, cross-program execution, capability prioritization, stakeholder engagement with various government entities, defining and managing engineering scope, developing detailed project plans, and overseeing resource allocation and budget management. A key focus will be on ensuring that Scale’s public sector AI solution operates securely within controlled network environments, and is configured properly to support government workflows, specifically those that relate to national defense.

Some examples of GenAI applications we build are:

• Agentic warfare and scenario planning
• Indications and warnings integration for the protection of critical continental level assets
• Deep research capability that can help evaluate thousands of pages of classified information 
• Report generation for multiple customized report templates 
• Text2SQL intelligence applications to make analysts more efficient and embed a culture of data-driven decision-making

You will:

• Develop enterprise grade solutions that leverage cutting edge AI and AI agents to drive value for public sector customers 
• Work with executives at Scale and our customers to determine and execute the product strategy of the business.
• Own end-to-end product development by understanding customer pain points, defining product requirements, managing development, testing, and launches
• Lead cross-functional teams including engineering, product design, operations, marketing, go-to-market and finance.
• Develop a point of view and execute on turning the solutions we build into scalable software that we can commercialize across the industry 
• Maintain a Top Secret security clearance 

Ideally you'd have:

• Technical degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in building ML-powered and / or enterprise-facing products
• Strong understanding of generative AI technologies and their applications in public or large-scale private sector settings
• Experience operating in a fast-paced environment with high ambiguity
• Exceptional leadership, presentation, and communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams
• Data literacy and experience with data analytics
• Prior military or government experience 
• Coding experience (e.g. Python)

Nice to haves:

• Experience building infrastructure and tooling to develop and support agentic applications.
• Experience working in startup environments building solutions for public sector / federal customers.
• Understanding of public / federal networks, infrastructure, and deployment constraints.
• TS/SCI Security Clearance

Scale's Public Sector customer base is growing rapidly, and you will ensure that these customers become passionate, lifelong Scale partners. As a member of our Public Sector Delivery team, you are a catalyst, willing to go deep, get technical, and drive change.  You are the ultimate hands-on leader, triaging customer issues and support, using data and analytics to align internal resources around Scale’s hardest problems, and driving the creation of tools that add direct value to Scale’s Public Sector customers. All of this serves an ultimate goal of delivering outsized value in supporting our Public Sector customer’s AI/ML objectives.  

Your natural inclination is to dive into both technology and organizational processes to craft effective solutions and gain efficiencies. You are biased towards finding not just one-off solutions, but repeatable and scalable ways to ensure we continually deliver on customer objectives. You have a track record of driving technical projects to completion, and stewarding lasting organizational change. And you are naturally empathetic, have high EQ, and excel at building long-term relationships through diligent problem solving, domain competence, and thoughtful, strategic discussions

You will:

• Drive innovation and transformation by diving deep into technical and operational challenges, solving undefined problems, and delivering impactful solutions for Public Sector customers
• Leverage technical concepts, tools, and expertise to create solutions from scratch or drastically improve existing solutions
• Use data, analytics, and technical expertise to align internal resources and create tools that directly add value to customers in the public sector space
• Transition AI/ML technologies and processes into working Public Sector products / solutions even when requirements are undefined or ambiguous
• Partner with engineering, operations, and other public sector teams to build and deliver AI systems tailored to unique government use cases in the computer vision and generative AI domains
• Lead a cross-functional team to exceed the customer’s AI/ML objectives
• Manage the long-term health of the customer base by identifying and preempting areas of risk or concern
• Strategically identify ways we can make customer success repeatable and solve issues for future customers
• Address engineering problems alongside the product development teams

Must Haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance
• 3+ years of experience succeeding in stakeholder management or customer-facing role
• A technical background (education or professional experience with CS, Economics, Statistics, Engineering)
• A deep understanding of ML operations process
• A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem-solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• 10+ years of professional experience, often in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry or government.
• Prior experience at an API technology company and / or managing technical customers using an API
• Proficiency in Python, SQL or other programming languages

• Conduct in-depth code reviews to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities.
• Evaluate and enhance the security of our product offerings, through RFC and service review.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with a strong focus on security.
• Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) to identify vulnerabilities in production code.
• Utilize terraform orchestration to ensure secure and efficient infrastructure management.
• Guide engineering teams to build robust long-term solutions that consider security and privacy.
• Clearly explain the mechanics and significance of security vulnerabilities, including their exploitability and potential impact.
• Influence the security strategy and direction of the team, advocating for best practices and continuous improvement.

• Proven experience as a Security Engineer with a focus on product security.
• Proficiency in NodeJS, TypeScript, Python, and/or Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of modern Javascript application design.
• Production experience with Kubernetes backed services
• Hands-on experience with SAST and DAST tools and methodologies.
• Familiarity with terraform orchestration for infrastructure management.
• You can structure complex problems and diagnose root causes independently, providing actionable insights without requiring manager input.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly present technical concepts and their implications to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to influence security strategies and drive improvements within a team.
• Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CEH, OSCP) are a plus.

Scale AI’s Public Sector business is growing quickly as government agencies adopt AI to support critical national security, defense, and public sector missions. We’re looking for a hands-on Field Engineering Manager on the front lines leading a team of our field engineering efforts for our federal AI projects, having the opportunity to meaningfully impact millions of dollars in revenue by working closely with our largest public sector customers and ensuring that they become passionate, lifelong Scale customers. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in technical environments, enjoys managing teams while staying close to the code, and wants to work on meaningful problems that impact real world operations across the U.S. government. 

Field Engineers are software engineering generalists who enjoy working with clients directly, taking ambiguous requirements and issues, and quickly designing and building production-grade solutions in close collaboration with the Product, Engineering, and Delivery teams. Field Engineers are experts on Scale's products and codebase, and have general technical knowledge on GenAI systems, APIs, networking, and data engineering. Field Engineers are strong relationship builders, great project managers, and always fun to work with. You’ll play a critical role in delivering technical solutions—all while helping your team grow and execute.

You’ll split your time between technical planning and execution (50%) and people management and team development (50%), leading a team of 6-8 engineers. You’ll work cross-functionally with product, engineering, security, and delivery teams to ensure our engineering efforts meet complex federal compliance, security, and performance needs.

Day to day:

• 50% Field engineering - customer engagement, technical development and delivery 
• 50% Managing a growing team

You will:

• Recruit a high-performing engineering team. 
• Drive engineering productivity. Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to a team of customer facing engineers working on Generative AI projects. 
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and execute strategic roadmap based on customer needs.
• Work directly with customers to understand their problems and translate those into custom workflows within Scale’s platform.
• Be open to ~25% travel or relocation to a key customer geographic location.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define the vision for backend solutions, ensuring they meet the unique needs of government agencies operating in secure environments.
• Implement end-to-end data integrations, syncing customer’s data to Scale’s platform and back.
• Participate actively in customer engagements, working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
• Lead end-to-end technical delivery of custom workflows from scoping to development to testing to implementation
• This role will require an active TS/SCI security clearance or the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Ideally you’d have:

• 5+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation.
• 2+ years of prior engineering management or equivalent experience and previously managed an engineering team.
• Track record of success as a hybrid customer facing engineer, forward deployed software engineer, and ability to quickly adapt to different roles.
• Prior experience developing with Python and JavaScript, or other modern software languages. 
• Cloud-Native Technologies: Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience in developing and deploying applications in a cloud-native environment. Understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Linux experience: Understanding of shell scripting, operating systems, etc.
• Networking experience: Understanding of networking technologies, configuration  (ports, protocols, etc) is a plus.
• Data Engineering: Knowledge of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and experience in building data pipelines to integrate and process diverse data sources. Understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data governance principles.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand complex challenges and devise effective solutions. Ability to think critically, identify root causes, and propose innovative approaches to overcome technical obstacles.
• Understand unique DoD and USG constraints when it comes to technology.

Scale AI is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer, Frontier AI Infrastructure to join our dynamic Public Sector Engineering team. As a part of this team, you will own the model inference layer - enabling state of the art models, debugging the latest AI tools, managing networking, debugging latency, and tracking pricing/usage metrics for AI models. You will lead technical discussions on the frontlines with cloud vendors and customers to deliver on critical contracts and to debug platform issues. You will also work upstream with Product to understand features before they break, moving us from "infra-only debugging" to proactive integration testing.

You will:

• Design and implement secure scalable backend systems for Public Sector customers, leveraging Scale's modern and cloud-native AI infrastructure.
• Own services or systems and define their long-term health goals, while also improving the health of surrounding components
• Re-architect the stack to run in compliant or restrictive environments. This requires designing swappable components (auth, storage, logging) to meet government/security mandates without breaking the product.
• You will work with Product to build integration tests that catch issues early, shifting the focus from "infra-only debugging" to preventing failures upstream.
• Participate actively in customer engagements, working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
• Contribute to the platform roadmap and product strategy for Scale AI's Public Sector business, playing a key role in shaping the future direction of our offerings.

Must have:

• At least an active secret clearance and the ability & willingness to up level to TS/SCI with CI Poly. This is a requirement and candidates will not be considered who do not hold at least a secret clearance

Ideally you'd have: 

• Full Stack Development: Proficiency in both front-end and back-end development, including experience with modern web development frameworks, programming languages, and databases. Experience with developing & delivering software to air-gapped & isolated environments is a plus.
• Cloud-Native Technologies: Understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) is desired. Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience in developing and deploying applications in a cloud-native environment. 
• Security Focused: Experience with Federal Compliance frameworks, and requirements(e.g, Cloud SRG, FedRAMP, STIG Benchmarks, etc). Experience developing software & technical solutions that meet strict security & regulatory compliance requirements.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand complex challenges and devise effective solutions. Ability to think critically, identify root causes, and propose innovative approaches to overcome technical obstacles.
• Collaboration and Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers. Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Adaptability and Learning Agility: Willingness to embrace new technologies, learn new skills, and adapt to evolving project requirements. Ability to quickly grasp and apply new concepts and stay up-to-date with emerging trends in software engineering.
• Must be able to support work 3-4 days a week from the DC, SF, NYC, or STL office.

Scale AI is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer, ARC (Architecture, Reliability, & Compute) to join our dynamic Public Sector Engineering team. As a part of this team, you will define how the company ships software, establishing the patterns for deploying into complex government and high-security environments, rather than just running Terraform scripts. You will build and maintain internal CLIs/tools that standardize testing, deployment, environment management and are tools that engineering relies on to prevent downstream breakages. You will execute on automated deployment efforts to pay down tech debt, creating fully functional staging/testing environments, and defining the company's standard for safe deployments.

You will:

• Design and implement secure scalable backend systems for Public Sector customers, leveraging Scale's modern and cloud-native AI infrastructure.
• Own services or systems and define their long-term health goals, while also improving the health of surrounding components.
• Re-architect the stack to run in compliant or restrictive environments. This requires designing swappable components (auth, storage, logging) to meet government/security mandates without breaking the product.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute the vision for backend solutions, ensuring they meet the unique needs of government agencies operating in secure environments.
• Participate actively in customer engagements, working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
• Contribute to the platform roadmap and product strategy for Scale AI's Public Sector business, playing a key role in shaping the future direction of our offerings.

Must have:

• At least an active secret clearance and the ability & willingness to up level to TS/SCI with CI Poly. This is a requirement and candidates will not be considered who do not hold at least a secret clearance

Ideally you'd have:

• Full Stack Development: Proficiency in both front-end and back-end development, including experience with modern web development frameworks, programming languages, and databases. Experience with developing & delivering software to air-gapped & isolated environments is a plus.
• Cloud-Native Technologies: Understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) is desired. Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience in developing and deploying applications in a cloud-native environment. 
• Security Focused: Experience with Federal Compliance frameworks, and requirements(e.g, Cloud SRG, FedRAMP, STIG Benchmarks, etc). Experience developing software & technical solutions that meet strict security & regulatory compliance requirements.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand complex challenges and devise effective solutions. Ability to think critically, identify root causes, and propose innovative approaches to overcome technical obstacles.
• Collaboration and Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers. Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Adaptability and Learning Agility: Willingness to embrace new technologies, learn new skills, and adapt to evolving project requirements. Ability to quickly grasp and apply new concepts and stay up-to-date with emerging trends in software engineering.
• Must be able to support work 3-4 days a week from the DC, SF, NYC, or STL office.

Scale AI’s Public Sector business is growing quickly as government agencies adopt AI to support critical national security, defense, and public sector missions. We are looking for a Mission Software Engineering Manager to join our dynamic Federal Engineering team. As a part of this team, you will play a critical role in supporting Scale’s government customers by scoping and developing onsite solutions. Our scalable, high-performance platform is the foundation for these customer solutions, and your expertise will be instrumental in designing and implementing systems that can handle interactions with existing customer systems to help our products integrate into existing customer workflows.  

You will:

• Recruit a high-performing engineering team. 
• Drive engineering productivity. Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to a team of engineers working on Generative AI projects. 
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and execute strategic roadmap.
• Work directly with customers to understand their problems and translate those into features in Scale’s platform.
• Be open to ~25% travel or relocation to a key customer geographic location.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute the vision for backend solutions, ensuring they meet the unique needs of government agencies operating in secure environments.
• Implement end-to-end data integrations, syncing customer’s data to Scale’s platform and back.
• Deploy and maintain Scale software at customer sites
• Develop customer requested features and work closely with them to ensure that they win customer love.
• Build robust and reliable backend systems that can serve as standalone products, empowering customers to accelerate their own AI ambitions.
• Participate actively in customer engagements, working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
• This role will require an active TS/SCI security clearance or the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Ideally you’d have:

• 5+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation
• 2+ years of prior engineering management or equivalent experience and has managed an engineering team.
• Track record of success as a hybrid customer facing engineer, forward deployed software engineer, and ability to quickly adapt to different roles.

• Prior experience developing with Python and JavaScript, or other modern software languages. Familiarity with Node and React is a plus.
• Cloud-Native Technologies: Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience in developing and deploying applications in a cloud-native environment. Understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) is a plus
• Linux experience: Understanding of shell scripting, operating systems, etc
• Networking experience: Understanding of networking technologies, configuration  (ports, protocols, etc) 
• Data Engineering: Knowledge of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and experience in building data pipelines to integrate and process diverse data sources. Understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data governance principles
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand complex challenges and devise effective solutions. Ability to think critically, identify root causes, and propose innovative approaches to overcome technical obstacles
• Understand unique DoD and USG constraints when it comes to technology

Scale is at the frontier of the AI industry, improving the world’s leading generative AI and large language models through model evaluations, human-powered supervised fine-tuning datasets, world-class reinforcement learning with human feedback, and more. 

Scale AI’s Public Sector team is growing in the Generative AI space, and we’re seeking an Strategic Projects Lead to own high-impact projects that drive revenue and experimentation. In this role, you’ll work across operations, engineering, and customer engagement to produce world-class training and test and evaluation data for Large Language Models for our Public Sector customers. 

This role offers a rare opportunity to make a meaningful impact at the intersection of AI and national security. You will help build Generative AI data-labeling pipelines from the ground up, create operational processes to manage and optimize an in-house expert data workforce, and develop novel technology-driven approaches (e.g., scripts, prompt engineering, hybrid data) to improve the quality of our training and evaluation datasets. In addition, you will partner directly with our internal machine learning experts and external stakeholders to ensure our data enables the development of mission-critical applications of AI.

You will:

• Develop, build, and maintain the infrastructure required to ensure data pipelines are efficient, scalable, and produce high-quality outputs
• Take ownership of day-to-day progress on high-priority data production pipelines, ensuring projects move forward efficiently
• Partner with subject matter experts in their fields to validate the quality of our data and to translate deep domain knowledge into scalable processes and measurable outcomes 
• Work closely with customers to understand their requirements and design data taxonomies that optimize model performance.
• Utilize analytics and data visualization tools to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and make data-driven decisions to optimize pipeline performance
• Influence cross-org collaboration to define and advance human data strategy, influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure data quality, scalability, and long-term platform leverage
• Own larger and larger components of our data delivery processes, until you ultimately serve as the full owner of our most visible and high impact customer pipelines

You have: 

• 5+ years of experience in product development, data science, or operations
• A history of successful project management and comfort in ambiguity
• Ability to analyze complex operational data, build queries, and identify trends to inform decisions and optimize processes
• Technical aptitude to understand how to produce data for state of the art post-training techniques such as supervised fine tuning (SFT), reinforcement learning through human feedback (RLHF), Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) etc 

Nice to have: 

• Experience working in defense tech and/or an AI company
• A technical degree in fields like computer science, data science, or engineering
• A deep understanding of ML operations for generative AI workflows / products
• An active Top Secret security clearance 

At Scale, we believe that AI will dramatically improve the world, and our mission is to accelerate the development of AI. As Scale continues to build and develop its field marketing and event program within the public sector space, we are looking for an Events & Field Marketing Manager to support our U.S. Federal Government team in their event and field marketing initiatives including but not limited to third-party trade show sponsorships, Scale hosted executive events, Scale hosted practitioner events and meetups, and our annual flagship AI Leadership Summit. 

You will be part of a rapidly growing team with the opportunity to manage and execute events from start to finish, drive lead generation and pipeline growth, and plan event programming with the largest names in AI. The successful candidate will have a solid understanding of the U.S. Federal Government markets, strong project management skills, a strategic mindset, and a passion for public sector work. 

You will: 

• Execute all planning and logistics for all federal executive dinners, meetups, happy hours, and sponsored trade shows
• Establish event activities in line with sales goals and deal acceleration, prioritizing goals from the Federal team leadership and Business Development team on event location and audience 
• Manage contractor relationships including event production firms and outside vendors, and event budgets
• Align with growth marketing on marketing campaigns and marketing qualified lead (MQL) reporting
• Track event campaign performance, measuring ROI, results, and metrics through Salesforce
• Own all aspects of Scale’s annual hosted federal conferences
• Support the AI Governance and Policy portion of Scale’s annual Scale Summit conference, including content, speaker logistics, agenda, and overall in-person and remote event experience
• Interface with external executives and their teams in order to secure speakers and support their presentation planning for Scale hosted events and conferences
• Willingness to travel up to 50%

Ideally you’d have: 

• Minimum 5+ years experience in event marketing or event management with Federal marketing
• Experience fully managing and executing events ranging from 30 to 500+ attendees 
• Ability to manage and multi-task on multiple projects and events while liaising across internal teams with multiple stakeholders 
• Impeccable attention to detail and proactive approach to troubleshooting 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - you will be interfacing with the world’s leading executives and their teams 

Nice to have: 

• Experience with Hubspot, Salesforce, and Outreach 
• Collaborative and positive attitude, with ability to work across teams including with executive leadership and external executives 
• Community experience a plus

Scale AI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government unlock the potential of AI across national security missions. We’re building enterprise-grade generative AI solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter.

We’re hiring an engagement manager (EM) to lead and coordinate delivery of agentic workflows for a national security customer. As an EM on our public sector delivery team, you will own or support a large account plan, manage day-to-day execution for customers, and ensure an incredible customer experience. This role is ideal for someone who blends program leadership, customer relationship building, technical fluency, and contract awareness — and who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous, and mission-driven environments.

You will:

• Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user
• Work alongside customers to scope agentic workflow use cases that Scale’s engineering team will build and you will ultimately refine
• Lead a cross-functional project team to deliver on and exceed the customer's AI/ML objectives
• Lead with a “whatever-it-takes” mentality, proactively identifying customer needs and operator pain points to ensure customer success
• Oversee onboarding and successful implementation of customer accounts

Must haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance
• 5+ years of work experience succeeding in stakeholder management or a customer-facing role delivering enterprise-scale applications / solutions
• A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to be onsite with the customer in the Colorado Springs area 4 days per week and able to travel at least 25% of the time (as needed)

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• 10+ years of professional experience, often in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry or government
• Prior experience at an API technology company and / or managing technical customers using an API
• A technical degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
• Proficiency in Python, SQL or other programming languages
• Domain expertise in a relevant field (e.g. modeling and simulation, joint planning processes, intelligence workflows, etc)

Scale's public sector business is providing the best of American commercial technology and innovation to protect the homeland and meet the moment. Our ultimate goal is to deliver cutting-edge agentic AI to orchestrate portfolio management for defense of the homeland.

We’re hiring a Program Manager (PgM) to lead and own execution for Scale’s portfolio of clients charged with a layered defense for the United States. You will be a catalyst, a hands-on leader, manage customer relationships and partners, and work closely with our engineering team to solve Scale’s hardest problems. You must be willing to go deep, get technical, and drive change.  This role is ideal for someone who blends program leadership, systems-building obsession, technical fluency — and who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous, and mission-driven environments.

You will:

• Serve as the contractual and internal program lead across a large-scale public sector engagement, integrating multiple sub-efforts under one umbrella (e.g., data pipelines for computer vision, software deployments for GenAI solutions)
• Own relationships with senior government stakeholders and ensure that we meet contractual obligations, performance metrics, and reporting requirements
• Own relationships with subcontractors to ensure successful delivery of the prime contract
• Lead formal engagements such as contract reviews, customer program syncs, performance assessments, and reporting cycles
• Lead and supervise a team of 3-4 delivery managers who run day-to-day customer engagement efforts
• Oversee a technical delivery team that will drive product roadmap alignment that adapts evolving customer needs

Must haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance
• 10+ years professional experience, ideally managing complex technical programs for DoD or national security customers
• A proven ability to lead large, cross-functional efforts across delivery, contracts, and customer teams
• A healthy obsession with establishing and driving adoption of programmatic systems and processes; plus the ability to exert influence and manage associated change
• Familiarity with FAR-based contracts and program structures like IDIQs, task orders, and OTAs
• Strong business acumen with the ability to manage performance metrics, contract deliverables, and program budgets
• A track record of high ownership in ambiguous environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills — especially with senior government stakeholders
• Deep curiosity about agentic AI and its application to homeland layered defense
• A willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• Proficiency in Python, SQL or other programming languages
• A proven track record in B2B + B2G client facing roles and expanding client relationships
• Prior experience delivering technical solutions to government customers
• Domain expertise in a relevant field (e.g. modeling and simulation, joint planning processes, intelligence workflows, etc)

Scale AI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government unlock the potential of AI across national security missions. We’re building enterprise-grade generative AI solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter.

We’re hiring a technical program manager (TPM) to lead and coordinate delivery of agentic workflows for a national security customer. As a TPM on our public sector delivery team, you will support a large account plan, develop a technical roadmap with end user input, and partner with an engineering lead to ensure effective technical delivery. This role is ideal for someone who has deep curiosity about end user pain points, loves rapid prototyping, and wants to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and mission-driven environment. 

You will:

• Drive innovation and transformation by diving deep into technical and operational challenges unique to government use cases
• Develop a program-level technical roadmap for transitioning generative AI technologies and processes into prototypes and working products even when requirements are undefined or ambiguous
• Partner with Scale engineering, operations, and other public sector teams to build and deliver impactful agentic AI solutions

Must haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance
• 5+ years of work experience leading technical teams in industry or government 
• A technical background (education or professional experience with computer science or engineering)
• A deep understanding of ML operations process
• A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem-solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to be onsite with the customer in the Colorado Springs area 4 days per week and able to travel at least 25% of the time (as needed)

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• 10+ years of professional experience, often in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry or government.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL or other programming languages
• A proven track record in B2B client facing roles and expanding client relationships
• Prior experience delivering technical solutions to government customers
• Domain expertise in a relevant field (e.g. modeling and simulation, joint planning processes, intelligence workflows, etc)