Scale AI · 2 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Platform
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$248K/yr - $310K/yr
8+ years expScale AI is a company focused on developing reliable AI systems for critical decisions. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will define and drive the architectural roadmap and implementation of core platforms, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance AI data infrastructure and provide technical mentorship across the organization.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data Collection and LabelingGenerative AIImage RecognitionMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Architectural Vision: You will drive the design and implementation of foundational systems, acting as a bridge between high-level business goals and technical goals
Cross-Functional Leadership: You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and drive adoption of the next generation of features for our AI data infrastructure
Technical Ownership: You are responsible for proactively identifying and driving opportunities for organizational growth, driving improvements in programming practices, and upgrading the tools that define our development lifecycle
Technical Mentorship: You will serve as a subject matter expert, presenting technical information to stakeholders and providing the guidance to elevate the engineering culture across the company
Qualification
Required
8+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation with specialities in back-end systems
Extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of distributed systems and public cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Demonstrated a track record of independent ownership and leadership across successful multi-team engineering 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, Terraform, Docker, etc
Experience with orchestration platforms, such as Temporal and AWS Step Functions
Experience with NoSQL document databases (MongoDB) and structured databases (Postgres)
Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and CI/CD tooling (CircleCI, ArgoCD)
Preferred
Experience with data warehouses (Snowflake, Firebolt) and data pipeline/ETL tools (Dagster, dbt)
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
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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