Scale AI
Engineering Manager, Frontier AI Infrastructure - Public Sector
Washington, DC · Mid · Full-time
No sponsorship$214k-$267kDetected 4 days ago
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Sponsors this role100
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70
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About the role
- This is a 50/50 role: you'll spend roughly half your time writing and reviewing code, and half your time leading, coaching, and growing a small team of engineers.
- This is a requirement and candidates will not be considered who do not hold at least a Secret clearance. - Willingness to remain hands-on in the code - this is not a purely people-leadership role.
- The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of Washington DC is: $213,600 - $267,000 USD PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role.
Responsibilities
- Scale AI's Public Sector business is growing quickly as government agencies adopt AI to support critical national security, defense, and public sector missions.
Requirements
- Security Focused: Experience with federal compliance frameworks and requirements (e.g., Cloud SRG, FedRAMP, STIG Benchmarks).
- Experience delivering software and technical solutions that meet strict security and regulatory requirements.
- Ability to think critically, identify root causes, and propose innovative approaches to technical obstacles.
- Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Must be able to support work 3-4 days a week from the DC office.
Nice to have
- At least 1-2+ years of direct people management experience leading a team of software engineers (hiring, performance management, and career development), plus a strong track record as a hands-on individual contributor.
- Full Stack Development: Proficiency in both front-end and back-end development, including modern web frameworks, programming languages, and databases.
Skills
- Understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
- Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits.
- Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval.
- The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of Washington DC is:
- $213,600 - $267,000 USD
- This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.
Compensation
- packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits.
- Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval.
- Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant.
- The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of Washington DC is: $213,600 - $267,000 USD PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role.
- $213,600 - $267,000 USD
Benefits
- 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.
Company info
- At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Ernst & Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
- We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.
- We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.
- We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision.
- We collect, retain and use personal data for our professional business purposes, including notifying you of job opportunities that may be of interest and sharing with our affiliates.
- We limit the personal data we collect to that which we believe is appropriate and necessary to manage applicants' needs, provide our services, and comply with applicable laws.
- At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions.
- Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact.
- We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Ernst & Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force.
- We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
- We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace.
- We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.
- We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com.
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- al employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status
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