Scale AI · 6 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$248K/yr - $310K/yr
8+ years expScale AI is a company focused on developing reliable AI systems for critical decisions. The Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform will lead the design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance programming practices and provide technical leadership.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data Collection and LabelingGenerative AIImage RecognitionMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Drive the architecture, design, implementation, and reliability of our foundational data platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and internal customers to understand and refine requirements
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features
Proactively identify opportunities for, and driving improvements to, current programming practices, including process enhancements and tool upgrades
Present technical information to teams and stakeholders, providing guidance and insight on development processes and technologies
Provide technical leadership, including: upholding and upleveling engineering standards across the organization, mentoring junior engineers
Qualification
Required
8+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation with specialties in back-end systems, specifically related to building large-scale data storage, streaming, and warehousing systems
Extensive experience in various database technologies (MongoDB, Postgres), streaming/processing solutions (Kinesis, Flink, Spark), indexing/caching (ElasticSearch, Redis), and various data query engines (Trino, Presto, Snowflake, etc.)
Show a track record of mentoring and leading teams in successful projects
Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Experience working fluently with standard containerization & deployment technologies like Kubernetes and various public cloud offerings
Extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms and data systems
Experience driving cross functional collaboration and communication at an organizational or broader level
Preferred
Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and CI/CD tooling (CircleCI)
Experience with performance tuning and cost optimizations of cloud based data platforms
Experience defining a data lifecycle strategy and designing/implementing tooling for data privacy (i.e. GDPR) needs
Experience scaling products at hyper-growth startups
Excitement to work with AI technologies
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
Retirement benefits
A learning and development stipend
Generous PTO
A commuter stipend
Company
Scale AI
Scale’s mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world’s most important decisions.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$15.9BKey Investors
MetaAccelTiger Global Management
2025-06-10Corporate Round· $14.3B
2025-06-04Series Unknown
2024-05-21Series F· $1B
Leadership Team
Jason Droege
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Dennis Cinelli
Chief Financial Officer
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